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STAT+: FDA alters warning label for Carvykti CAR-T, although link to secondary cancers is unclear

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The Food and Drug Administration issued a change to the warning label for Legend Biotech and Janssen’s myeloma CAR-T, Carvykti or cilta-cel, adding that some secondary blood cancers have occurred following treatment for multiple myeloma with the cell therapy. 

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STAT+: Springworks wins FDA approval for drug to treat desmoid tumors

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There are no currently approved therapies for desmoid tumors, but doctors often treat patients with chemotherapy, off-label targeted therapies, radiation, and surgery. The tumors do not spread to other parts of the body but can cause severe disability and pain in the tissues that they impact, like muscle or nerves.

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AstraZeneca-Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu gets US FDA approval for breast cancer

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AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo ’s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has received expanded approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat adults with unresectable or metastatic HER2-low (IHC 1+ or IHC 2+/ISH-) breast cancer. months for the chemotherapy arm. months compared with 5.1 months compared with 16.8

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FDA clears Xalkori for inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours

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Pfizer’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor Xalkori has picked up a fourth approval from the FDA, adding a new use in the treatment of a rare form of benign tumour that typically affects children and young adults. The post FDA clears Xalkori for inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours appeared first on.

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US FDA grants approval for AstraZeneca’s lung cancer therapy

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for AstraZeneca ’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) plus Imjudo (tremelimumab) and platinum-based chemotherapy to treat Stage IV (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in adults.

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AZ gets FDA nod for Enhertu in first HER2-low cancer

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The FDA has approved AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu as the first targeted therapy for HER2-low breast cancer, a new category of the disease that was once lumped under the HER2-negative classification. The post AZ gets FDA nod for Enhertu in first HER2-low cancer appeared first on.

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Immunocore claims first-ever FDA approval for TCR cancer therapy

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Immunocore has secured a piece of biotech industry history, becoming the first company to get an FDA approval for a cancer therapeutic based on T cell receptor (TCR) technology. The post Immunocore claims first-ever FDA approval for TCR cancer therapy appeared first on.

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