April 14, 2025

FDA Approves Bevacizumab Biosimilar

Bevacizumab-nwgd is indicated for use in the treatment of certain kinds of colorectal, lung, brain, kidney, and cervical cancers.

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April 09, 2025

FDA Approves Nivolumab With Ipilimumab for Unresectable or Metastatic MSI-H/dMMR Colorectal Cancer

The FDA approved the combination of a PD-1 inhibitor and a CTLA-4 inhibitor for patients with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability–high or mismatch repair–deficient colorectal cancer ...

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March 31, 2025

FDA Approves Perioperative Durvalumab for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

The FDA has approved the PD-L1 inhibitor durvalumab (Imfinzi) with gemcitabine and cisplatin as neoadjuvant treatment, followed by single-agent durvalumab as adjuvant treatment following radical cyste...

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March 26, 2025

FDA Approves Cabozantinib for pNET and epNET

Today, the FDA approved the tyrosine kinase inhibitor cabozantinib (Cabometyx) for adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with previously treated, unresectable, locally advanced or metas...

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August 16, 2024

FDA OCE Invites Pediatric Cancer Advocates to Meet on October 15

The FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE) Pediatric Oncology Program invites members of the pediatric cancer advocacy community to participate in the 2024 OCE Pediatric Advocacy Forum on October 1...

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February 21, 2024

FDA Approves Biweekly Teclistamab Dosing Regimen for Patients With Multiple Myeloma

On February 20, the FDA approved the supplemental biologics license application for teclistamab-cqyv (Tecvayli) for a reduced dosing frequency of 1.5 mg/kg every 2 weeks in patients with relapsed or r...

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August 05, 2024

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to T-Cell Therapy for Unresectable or Metastatic Synovial Sarcoma

On August 2, the FDA granted accelerated approval to afamitresgene autoleucel (Tecelra), a melanoma-associated antigen A4 (MAGE-A4)-directed genetically modified autologous T-cell immunotherapy, for a...

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August 28, 2024

FDA Approves Cancer Biomarker Test, Companion Diagnostic Indications

The FDA has approved the in vitro diagnostic TruSight Oncology Comprehensive test and its first two companion diagnostic indications. This targeted sequencing panel interrogates over 500 genes to prof...

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January 17, 2025

FDA Approves Datopotamab Deruxtecan-dlnk for Advanced HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer

Today, the FDA approved a TROP-2–directed antibody and topoisomerase inhibitor conjugate for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer ...

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