Phase III EV-302 Trial Data Lead to sNDA Submission for Padcev/Keytruda Combo for Urothelial Cancer
January 31st 2024The Padcev/Keytruda combination produced statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements to survival compared to platinum-containing chemotherapy in first-line treatment of adults with previously untreated locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer.
Phase III KEYNOTE-564 Trial Data Show Keytruda Improves Survival in Renal Cell Carcinoma
January 29th 2024Trial shows Keytruda improved overall survival by 38% compared with placebo in in patients with renal cell carcinoma at intermediate-high or high risk of recurrence after nephrectomy or nephrectomy and resection of metastatic lesions.
Antibody Drug Conjugate Enhertu Gets FDA Priority Review for Solid Tumors
January 29th 2024The Priority Revew designation was based on findings from the ongoing, global, multicenter, multi-cohort, open-label Phase II DESTINY-PanTumor02 trial of of Enhertu for patients with previously treated HER2-expressing tumors, including biliary tract cancer, bladder cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, and other tumor types.
Micah Lieberman of ClinEco and CHI Speaks on the SCOPE Conference
January 26th 2024In an interview with ACT editor, Andy Studna, Lieberman, Executive Director, Conferences (CHI) & Co-Founder, VP, Community and Business Development (ClinEco) discusses the Summit for Clinical Ops Executives (SCOPE) conferences in Europe and the US.
Biologics License Application for F8 Formulation of Tesamorelin Rejected by FDA
January 25th 2024Theratechnologies said it will address the concerns raised in the FDA’s complete response letter and will continue to seek approval for the new formulation of tesamorelin for the treatment of lipodystrophy in patients with HIV.
Concerns Over Secondary Cancer Risk Prompt FDA to Require Warnings on CAR T-Cell Therapies
January 24th 2024The FDA made the decision to require boxed warnings on CAR T-cell therapies based on reports of T-cell malignancies in patients administered BCMA- or CD19-directed autologous CAR T-cell immunotherapies.
Bristol Myers Squibb Enhances Early Stage Oncology Clinical Pipeline With Mirati Acquisition
January 24th 2024Mirati’s oncology portfolio includes promising early phase clinical assets such as a potential first-in-class MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor and a leading KRAS and KRAS enabling program with a pair of candidates in Phase I development.
CheckMate -8HW Trial Data Show Survival Improvement With Opdivo, Yervoy Combo in Colorectal Cancer
January 22nd 2024Opdivo (nivolumab) with Yervoy (ipilimumab) improved progression-free survival in patients with microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient metastatic colorectal cancer.
Balversa Approved by FDA for FGFR3+ Urothelial Carcinoma
January 19th 2024Balversa (erdafitinib) is a fibroblast growth factor inhibitor granted accelerated approval by the FDA in April 2019 for adults with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma with susceptible FGFR3 genetic mutations whose disease progressed on or following one line of systemic therapy.