HyQvia Approved by FDA to Prevent Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Relapse
January 17th 2024Findings from ADVANCE-CIDP 1 and ADVANCE-CIDP 3 trials lead to FDA approval for HyQvia as a maintenance therapy to protect against relapse of neuromuscular disability and impairment in adult patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
FDA Fast Tracks Ovarian Cancer Drug Currently in Phase II Trial
January 12th 2024An open-label, randomized, dose-optimization Phase II trial (NCT06173037) is assessing the antibody-drug conjugate RC88 to determine the optimal dosage, efficacy, and safety in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
FDA Priority Review Granted to Tivdak for Cervical Cancer Based on Phase III innovaTV 301 Trial Data
January 9th 2024Findings from the Phase III innovaTV 301 trial showed a favorable benefit/risk profile for Tivdak (tisotumab vedotin-tftv), as well as improved overall survival for patients with recurrent and metastatic cervical cancer who have limited treatment options.
PRO1184-001 Trial Data Lead to FDA Fast Track Designation for Novel Ovarian Cancer Treatment
January 8th 2024Rinatabart sesutecan (Rina-S; PRO1184) is a novel folate receptor alpha (FRα)–targeted antibody-drug conjugate for patients with FRα-expressing high-grade serous or endometrioid platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
Phase III Trial Data for Scemblix Show Clinically Meaningful Response in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
January 8th 2024Phase III ASC4FIRST show Scemblix (asciminib) plus investigators’ choice of tyrosine kinase inhibitor produced a statistically significant response in patients newly diagnosed with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase.
FDA Accepts Biologics License Application for Novel PET Imaging Agent for Renal Cell Carcinoma
January 5th 2024Data from the Phase III ZIRCON trial show the positron emission tomography imaging agent 89Zr-DFO-girentuximab was more effective than traditional PET/CT imaging in identifying malignant renal cell carcinoma lesions.
Merck Launches Pivotal Phase III Trials of Novel Drugs for Oncologic, Hematologic Malignancies
January 5th 2024Merck is actively enrolling patients for investigational drugs that treat essential thrombocythemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, small lymphocytic lymphoma, non-small cell lung cancer, endometrial carcinoma, and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Novel Oncolytic Immunotherapy Granted FDA Fast Track, Breakthrough Designations for Bladder Cancer
January 4th 2024Results from the Phase III BOND-003 trial demonstrated that treatment with CG Oncology Inc’s cretostimogene grenadenorepvec (CG0070) provided clinical benefit in complete responses with acceptable tolerability for the treatment of patients with high-risk Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)–unresponsive non–muscle invasive bladder cancer.