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Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki is approved by FDA for HER2-low breast cancer

August 2022: For adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-low (IHC 1+ or IHC 2+/ISH) breast cancer who have received prior chemotherapy in the metastatic setting or experienced a disease r...

Crizotinib is approved by FDA for ALK-positive inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor

 July 2022: Crizotinib (Xalkori, Pfizer Inc.) was granted approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adult and paediatric patients 1 year of age and older who were diagn...

Dabrafenib in combination with trametinib is approved by FDA for unresectable or metastatic solid tumors with BRAF V600E mutation

July 2022: Dabrafenib (Tafinlar, Novartis) and trametinib (Mekinist, Novartis) received accelerated approval from the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of adult and paediatric patients ol...

Opdivo in combination with chemotherapy and Opdivo in combination with Yervoy is approved by FDA for first-line esophageal squamous cell carcinoma indications

June 2022: For the first-line therapy of individuals with advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), the Food and Drug Administration has approved the following: In combinat...

Olaparib is approved for adjuvant treatment of high-risk early breast cancer

March 2022: The Food and Drug Administration has approved olaparib (Lynparza, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP) for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious ge...

World Cancer Day 2022

4th Feb 2022: In India, cancer can have serious social and economic effects, typically resulting in family destitution and societal injustice. In this demographically young country, reported age-adjus...

Drugs approved for treatment of liver cancer

Dec 2021: The following drugs are approved as of date for the treatment of liver cancer:. Please check the prescribing information before taking the drug. Atezolizumab Avastin (Bevacizumab) Bevacizum...

Dostarlimab-gxly receives accelerated approval from the FDA for dMMR advanced solid tumours

August 2021: Dostarlimab-gxly (Jemperli, GlaxoSmithKline LLC) was given accelerated approval by the Food and Drug Administration for adult patients with mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) recurrent or a...

Belzutifan has been approved by the FDA for malignancies linked to von Hippel-Lindau disease

August 2021: Belzutifan (Welireg, Merck), a hypoxia-inducible factor inhibitor, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for adult patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease who require ther...

The FDA has approved the first targeted therapy for a lung cancer mutation that was previously thought to be drug-resistant

August 20, 2021: Recently in May, 2021 Lumakras (sotorasib) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as the first treatment for adult patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have under...

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