Pharmacy Times

JULY 22, 2025

A man aged 55 years with metastatic colorectal cancer was initiated on a standard fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy regimen. This change mirrored a January 2025 FDA safety alert and label update that urged providers to consider genetic testing, inform patients of the risks, and discuss available options.

Compounding Pharmacies

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 20, 2025

There are too many drug approvals, label updates, and new data published for even the most skilled and experienced oncology pharmacist to keep up with, let alone those still building their baseline knowledge. Oncology pharmacy practice changes at a rapid pace. Fifteen years ago, pharmacists could learn oncology on the job.

Compounding

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 9, 2025

2 However, Dalton noted that some procedures can change once a treatment is FDA-approved, with complications from Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy programs as well as the occasional surprise on an FDA label. But doing so requires a new kind of expertise that spans science, strategy, and systems thinking. Subscribe Now!

Compounding Pharmacies

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 11, 2025

Its efficacy was evaluated in the 2 multicenter, single-arm open-label phase 2 clinical trials TRUST-I (NCT04395677) 3 and TRUST-II (NCT04919811). Additionally, patients may have received prior chemotherapy for advanced disease.

FDA

The Checkup by Singlecare

AUGUST 4, 2025

However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns on Uloric’s label that it may be associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular death compared to allopurinol. This occurs most commonly during chemotherapy. For that reason, it is avoided in the setting of heart disease or past myocardial infarction (heart attack).

Intravenous Solutions

The Checkup by Singlecare

JULY 2, 2025

Fluorouracil, sometimes called 5-FU, is a prescription chemotherapy drug used in the treatment of many types of cancers. Fluorouracil is sometimes used off-label, or without an FDA-approved indication, for some types of warts that have not successfully resolved with other treatments.

Insurance

Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 7, 2025

Find out more J&J’s drug is an option for patients where medical or surgical treatment to lower testosterone levels has not worked, and in those who have BRCA 1/2 mutations – a subset of homologous recombination repair (HRR) mutations – in whom chemotherapy is not indicated.

Labelling

Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 4, 2025

Imfinzi is now approved to treat adult patients with resectable muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) in combination with chemotherapy drugs gemcitabine and cisplatin as neoadjuvant treatment, and as a monotherapy after bladder removal surgery. Imfinzi is a major revenue driver for AstraZeneca, generating around $4.7bn in sales in 2024.

Chemotherapy

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 23, 2025

Datopotamab deruxtecan-dlnk (Datroway, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc) received FDA approval for treatment of adults with locally advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have received prior EGFR-directed therapy and platinum-based chemotherapy.

FDA

STAT

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This means chemotherapies may be less effective when interacting with the medicine, but some clinicians, and their patients, are unaware of that possibility , STAT explains. The information, however, is not in the label because the drug — originally manufactured by Merck — was never fully tested in this population.

Labelling

STAT

JUNE 26, 2025

  Generic cancer drugs used around the world fail quality tests, investigation shows A sweeping investigation has uncovered that vital generic chemotherapy drugs — used in over 100 countries to treat common cancers — are failing quality tests, leaving patients vulnerable to ineffective treatment and toxic side effects.

Chemotherapy

STAT

DECEMBER 22, 2023

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. 

Labelling

STAT

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

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.

Chemotherapy

European Pharmaceutical Review

JANUARY 19, 2024

During treatment, patients would be given talazoparib would be used instead of chemotherapy, according to a statement by NICE. Weighing up the evidence NICE emphasised that data from a clinical trial revealed that talazoparib increased patient survival without the disease worsening, compared with chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy

PharmExec

MARCH 28, 2025

Based on additional results from the Phase III PSMAfore clinical trial, the therapy is now approved for use prior to chemotherapy in PSMA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Labelling

The Checkup by Singlecare

JUNE 17, 2024

When over-the-counter (OTC) remedies don’t cut it, your healthcare provider may prescribe Zofran ( ondansetron ), a medication used to treat upset stomach and prevent vomiting—especially when caused by chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery. It’s also can be used off-label to treat morning sickness during pregnancy.

Chemotherapy

pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Just released results from the ARASENS trial show that adding Nubeqa (darolutamide) to docetaxel chemotherapy and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) to switch off testosterone production helps men with castration-sensitive prostate cancer (CSPC).

Chemotherapy

European Pharmaceutical Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The small molecule treatment is indicated as a first-line maintenance treatment for individuals with advanced ovarian cancer regardless of their BRCA mutation status, who have responded to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. ” The EC based its approval the Phase III ATHENA-MONO study results.

Chemotherapy

pharmaphorum

JULY 15, 2022

Treatment is generally with surgery, chemotherapy, or in some cases targeted therapy if a specific mutation in the tumour is identified. The new indication in IMTs isn’t expected to drive a big increase in sales as the condition is so rare – diagnosed in just 150 to 200 people in the US every year.

FDA

pharmaphorum

JULY 14, 2022

Clinical trials show that Trodelvy increases how long people have before their disease gets worse by three months, and extends survival by five months, compared with chemotherapy in this group of patients. “Both represent another step in delaying chemotherapy, allowing people to stay well for longer,” she added. .

Chemotherapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The treatment is indicated for usage in such patients following previous chemotherapy, comprising trastuzumab and a taxane. Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted approval for Daiichi Sankyo ’s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) to treat HER2-positive unresectable or recurrent breast cancer in adults.

Adverse Reactions

pharmaphorum

APRIL 29, 2021

The Keytruda discussions were finely balanced, with some panellists suggesting that the drug’s use in previously-untreated UC could be limited to patients who aren’t able to tolerate any platinum-based chemotherapies. The post ODAC votes to keep bladder cancer labels for Keytruda, Tecentriq appeared first on.

Labelling

pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan has cleared Ezharmia (valemetostat tosylate) based on the results of an open-label phase 2 trial which revealed a 48% overall response rate with the drug in previously-treated ATL patients.

Chemotherapy

pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The European Commission has approved Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel) for adults aged 26 and over with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor ALL, a patient population not covered by the label for Novartis’ CD19 CAR-T Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), which covers paediatric and young adult patients up to age 25.

Labelling

pharmaphorum

JANUARY 26, 2022

“Every year in the US, hundreds of people are diagnosed with metastatic uveal melanoma who, until now, had no approved treatment options,” said Immunocore chief executive Bahija Jallal.

FDA

pharmaphorum

AUGUST 4, 2021

The HDAC inhibitor was given an accelerated approval by the FDA as a second-line PTCL therapy on the strength of overall response data, but a phase 3 study comparing Istodax to first-line chemotherapy showed no improvement on progression-free survival (PFS).

FDA

pharmaphorum

MARCH 12, 2021

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted conditional approval for Retsevmo (selpercatinib) as monotherapy for adults with advance RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer requiring systemic therapy after previous immunotherapy and/or chemotherapy treatment.

Chemotherapy

pharmaphorum

JUNE 6, 2022

Repotrectinib has picked up three breakthrough designations from the FDA, including most recently for ROS1-positive metastatic NSCLC patients who have been previously treated with one ROS1 TKI and who have not received prior platinum-based chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy

The Checkup by Singlecare

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Adults and children weighing more than 40 kg (88 lbs) Adults, children, and infants 1 month and older Conditions treated by famotidine and pantoprazole Famotidine is FDA-approved to treat stomach ulcers and duodenal ulcers, while pantoprazole is often prescribed off-label for both ulcerative conditions. pylori) in the stomach.

Labelling

pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In the study, Enhertu was given to patients with HER2-low, unresectable and/or metastatic breast cancer previously treated with one to two prior lines of chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy

pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This week has seen two readouts for rivals from Clovis Oncology and Pfizer in prostate cancer – one of several indications on the Lynparza (olaparib) label – that could lead to a challenge to the $3 billion blockbuster.

Chemotherapy

pharmaphorum

JUNE 11, 2021

Now, results from the ongoing TRANSFORM study show that Breyanzi was more effective than the standard second-line treatment – salvage therapy followed by high-dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant – at fending off disease recurrence.

Chemotherapy

pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The 40-patient open-label study is the first to evaluate CAR-T therapy in treatment-naïve in high-risk LBCL, which is currently treated first-line mainly with rituximab and a chemo regimen known as CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone). billion.

Chemotherapy

pharmaphorum

MARCH 8, 2021

AZ is seeking to use Lynparza in patients who had also been previously treated with the chemotherapy drug docetaxel, but NICE has concluded that the application failed to provide evidence of the PARP inhibitor’s value compared to standard therapy.

Chemotherapy

European Pharmaceutical Review

AUGUST 10, 2022

The prospective, open-label, single-arm, Phase II TUXEDO-1 study enrolled 14 women and one man with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer and newly diagnosed untreated brain metastases or brain metastases progressing after previous local therapy. .”

Chemotherapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

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.

Chemotherapy

pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Danyelza has been granted accelerated approval by the FDA on the strength of two open-label phase 2 studies. And combination trials with chemotherapy are also planned. Two single-centre studies in previously-untreated neuroblastoma patients are already underway, with preliminary data from one available and the other due shortly.

FDA