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

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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 approval for Orion-Bayer’s Nubeqa combo for prostate cancer

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) of Orion and its partner Bayer ’s Nubeqa (darolutamide) plus docetaxel to treat metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) patients. Overall survival was the trial’s primary endpoint.

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Seagen and Genmab file ‘trojan horse’ drug with FDA for cervical cancer

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Seagen and Genmab have announced they have filed their antibody-drug conjugate tisotumab vedotin with the FDA for patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer. The most common treatment-related adverse events (greater than or equal to 20%) included alopecia, nose bleeds, nausea, conjunctivitis, fatigue and dry eye.

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Roche’s Tecentriq gets fourth European lung cancer indication

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months in patients with high PD-L1 expression compared with standard chemotherapy. Grade 3–4 treatment-related adverse events were reported in 12.9% of people receiving chemotherapy. Approval is based on Roche’s phase 3 Impower110 study which showed Tecentriq monotherapy improved overall survival by 7.1

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Immunomedics wows ESMO with breast cancer data reveal

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But the FDA requires survival data for a full approval, and this is what Immunomedics announced at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). months in patients treated with chemotherapy. There were no bad surprises in terms of safety, and adverse events leading to treatment discontinuation were 4.7%

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FDA Approves Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo in Combination with Chemotherapy for Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Approval for Opdivo was based on results from the CheckMate-77T trial, which demonstrated that the combination significantly improved event-free survival and pathologic complete response in adults with resectable non-small cell lung cancer without EGFR or ALK rearrangements.

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Regenxbio expands MPS I gene therapy trial after first look at data

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The first-look data from the phase 1/2 trial revealed no drug-related serious adverse events, positive effects on IDUA biomarkers in the CNS, as well as preliminary evidence of improved neurodevelopment. With RGX-111, Regenxbio hopes to offer a one-shot treatment that delivers a functional copy of the IDUA gene to cells in the CNS.