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Selpercatinib is approved by the USFDA for medullary thyroid cancer with a RET mutation

 On September 27, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration conferred traditional approval to selpercatinib (Retevmo, Eli Lilly and Company) for adult and pediatric patients aged 2 years and older diagn...

Osimertinib is approved by the USFDA for locally advanced, unresectable (stage III) non-small cell lung cancer following chemoradiation therapy

 On September 25, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration sanctioned osimertinib (Tagrisso, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals) for adult patients with locally advanced, unresectable (stage III) non-small ce...

Isatuximab-irfc with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone is approved by the USFDA for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma

 On September 20, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration sanctioned isatuximab-irfc (Sarclisa, Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC) in conjunction with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone for people with...

Amivantamab-vmjw with carboplatin and pemetrexed is approved by the USFDA for non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 19 deletions or L858R mutations

On September 19, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration sanctioned amivantamab-vmjw (Rybrevant, Janssen Biotech, Inc.) in conjunction with carboplatin and pemetrexed for adult patients diagnosed with ...

Pembrolizumab with chemotherapy is approved by the USFDA for unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma

 On September 17, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration authorized pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) in conjunction with pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy as the initial treatment for unresec...

Kisqali with an aromatase inhibitor and Kisqali Femara Co-Pack is approved by the USFDA for early high-risk breast cancer

On September 17, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration approved ribociclib (Kisqali, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation) in conjunction with an aromatase inhibitor for the adjuvant therapy of adult...

Atezolizumab and hyaluronidase-tqjs is approved by FDA for subcutaneous injection

On September 12, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration sanctioned atezolizumab and hyaluronidase-tqjs (Tecentriq Hybreza, Genentech, Inc.) for subcutaneous administration for all adult indications co...

The FDA has granted approval for the use of vorasidenib in the treatment of Grade 2 astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma in patients having a specific IDH1 or IDH2 mutation

August 2024: Vorasidenib (Voranigo, Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC), an inhibitor of isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) and isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 (IDH2), has been approved by the Food and Drug Admini...

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to afamitresgene autoleucel for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic synovial sarcoma

August 2024: The Food and Drug Administration has given accelerated approval to afamitresgene autoleucel (TECELRA, Adaptimmune, LLC), a genetically modified autologous T cell immunotherapy that target...

Repotrectinib has received accelerated approval from the USFDA for adult and pediatric patients with NTRK gene fusion-positive solid tumors

  June 2024: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given accelerated approval to repotrectinib (AUGTYRO, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company) for the treatment of solid tumors in adult and pedia...

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