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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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NICE recommends innovative breast cancer drug

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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.

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

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The treatment is indicated for patients who have previously received chemotherapy in the metastatic setting or recurred during or within six months of receiving adjuvant chemotherapy. The approval was based on findings from the international, randomised, open-label Phase III DESTINY-Breast04 clinical trial.

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EC approves first-line ovarian cancer treatment

European Pharmaceutical Review

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.

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Pluvictoâ„¢ offers survival benefits for metastatic prostate cancer

European Pharmaceutical Review

PSMAfore, is a Phase III, open-label, multi-centre, 1:1 randomised study comparing the efficacy and safety of Pluvicto to a change in ARPI in 469 patients with PSMA–positive mCRPC. The PSMAfore study. Novartis is evaluating opportunities to investigate Pluvicto in earlier stages of prostate cancer.

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PARP rivals close in on AZ and Merck’s market leading Lynparza

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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.