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FDA has approved asparaginase erwinia chrysanthemi (recombinant) for leukaemia and lymphoma

August 2021: The Food and Drug Administration has approved asparaginase erwinia chrysanthemi (recombinant)-rywn) (Rylaze, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) as part of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen ...

Avapritinib has been approved by the FDA for advanced systemic mastocytosis

August 2021: The FDA approved avapritinib (AyvakitTM, Blueprint Medicines Corp.) for adult patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis (AdvSM), which includes aggressive systemic mastocytosis (ASM), ...

Infigratinib receives accelerated approval from the FDA for metastatic cholangiocarcinoma

August 2021: Infigratinib (Truseltiq, QED Therapeutics, Inc.), a kinase inhibitor, has been granted accelerated approval by the Food and Drug Administration for adults with previously treated, unresec...

Sotorasib receives accelerated approval from the FDA for KRAS G12C mutant NSCLC

August 2021: The FDA granted accelerated approval to sotorasib (LumakrasTM, Amgen, Inc.), a RAS GTPase family inhibitor, for adult patients with KRAS G12C mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-sm...

Amivantamab-vmjw receives fast approval from the FDA for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

August 2021: The FDA granted amivantamab-vmjw (Rybrevant, Janssen Biotech, Inc.), a bispecific antibody directed against epidermal growth factor (EGF) and MET receptors, accelerated approval for adult...

Nivolumab has been approved by the FDA for resected esophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer

August 2021: The FDA has approved Nivolumab (Opdivo, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company) for patients with fully resected oesophagus or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer who have received neoadjuvant c...

Pembrolizumab receives accelerated approval from the FDA for HER2-positive gastric cancer

August 2021: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck & Co.) in combination with trastuzumab, fluoropyrimidine-, and platinum-containing chemotherapy has been granted accelerated approval by the Food and Dr...

The FDA has granted loncastuximab tesirine-lpyl accelerated approval for large B-cell lymphoma

August 2021: The FDA granted loncastuximab tesirine-lpyl (Zynlonta, ADC Therapeutics SA), a CD19-directed antibody and alkylating agent conjugate, accelerated approval for adult patients with relapsed...

Dostarlimab-gxly receives accelerated approval from the FDA for dMMR endometrial cancer

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

Nivolumab in addition to chemotherapy is approved by FDA for metastatic gastric cancer and esophageal adenocarcinoma

August 2021: For advanced or metastatic gastric cancer, gastroesophageal junction cancer, and esophageal adenocarcinoma, the Food and Drug Administration approved nivolumab (Opdivo, Bristol-Myers Squi...

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