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Tarlatamab Significantly Improves Survival in Patients With Small Cell Lung Cancer Post-Progression

Pharmacy Times

Granted accelerated approval by the FDA in 2024, tarlatamab continues to demonstrate efficacy and safety in patients with small cell lung cancer, with results showing improved overall survival and progression-free survival in patients who had progressed or previously received chemotherapy.

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Patient-Reported Outcomes Reinforce Clinical Benefits of Tarlatamab in Small Cell Lung Cancer

Pharmacy Times

Tarlatamab was approved by the FDA in May 2024 for patients who progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy.

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With ADCs on the rise, drugmakers embrace a new oncology pillar

PharmaVoice

The first one approved by the FDA — Mylotarg from Pfizer subsidiary Wyeth for acute leukemia — came to market in 2000. Now, 15 different molecules have been approved by the FDA. At ASCO, one of the most talked-about studies was a late-stage trial in which the treatment outperformed chemotherapy as a first-line drug.

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US FDA grants Orphan Drug status to Avacta’s drug for soft tissue sarcoma

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to Avacta Group’s lead pre|CISION drug candidate, AVA6000, to treat soft tissue sarcoma. Updated using the pre|CISION technology, AVA6000 is a kind of generic chemotherapy doxorubicin. It also boosts the drug’s safety, tolerability and efficacy.

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Drug approval roundup – May/June 2024

European Pharmaceutical Review

Looking back briefly to 2023, within the cell and gene therapy space, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved marketing authorisations for seven of these treatments. References [link] [link] The post Drug approval roundup – May/June 2024 appeared first on European Pharmaceutical Review.

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FDA drug dosage optimisation guidelines signal clinical trial reform

Pharmaceutical Technology

In January, amidst calls to improve patient safety by optimizing licensed drug formulations, the FDA released a draft guidance that signalled a departure from the most commonly used method of identifying a new therapy’s ideal dosage. The focus on identifying the ideal drug dosage is not new.

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FDA Grants Priority Review to Bristol Myers Squibb's Opdivo Combination for Urothelial Carcinoma

PharmExec

The FDA assigned a PDUFA date of April 5, 2024 for Opdivo (nivolumab) plus cisplatin-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adults with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

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