Foundation Medicine Partners with Syndax to Develop a Companion Diagnostic in Hematology and Support Efforts to Pursue Regulatory Approval for an Assay Based on the FoundationOne®Heme Platform

BOSTON – September 4, 2024 – Foundation Medicine, Inc. today announced a collaboration with Syndax Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SNDX) to develop a companion diagnostic for the identification of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients harboring an NPM1 mutation.

By |2024-09-05T10:19:54-04:00September 5th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

FDA Grants Priority Review to SpringWorks Therapeutics’ New Drug Application for Mirdametinib for the Treatment of Adults and Children with NF1-PN

STAMFORD, Conn., August 28, 2024 – SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWTX), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on severe rare diseases and cancer, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for mirdametinib, an investigational MEK inhibitor, for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1-associated plexiform neurofibromas (NF1-PN). The NDA was granted Priority Review and has been given a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date of February 28, 2025.

By |2024-09-03T12:48:37-04:00September 3rd, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

RYBREVANT® (amivantamab-vmjw) plus LAZCLUZE™ (lazertinib) approved in the U.S. as a first-line chemotherapy-free treatment for patients with EGFR-mutated advanced lung cancer

RARITAN, N.J., Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved RYBREVANT® (amivantamab-vmjw) plus LAZCLUZE™ (lazertinib) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R substitution mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test.1,2

By |2024-08-20T10:12:19-04:00August 20th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

NIKTIMVO™ (axatilimab-csfr) injection, for intravenous use NOW APPROVED a new strategy for treating cGVHD

Niktimvo™ (axatilimab-csfr) is indicated for the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) after failure of at least two prior lines of systemic therapy in adult and pediatric patients weighing at least 40 kg.1

By |2024-08-20T10:10:45-04:00August 20th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

DARZALEX FASPRO® (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj)-based quadruplet regimen approved in the U.S. for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are transplant-eligible

HORSHAM, Pa., July 30, 2024 – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved DARZALEX FASPRO® (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj) in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone (D-VRd) for induction and consolidation in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) who are eligible for an autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT).1

By |2024-08-01T14:55:36-04:00August 1st, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

Geron Announces Updated NCCN Guidelines® Recommending RYTELO™ (imetelstat) for the Treatment of Symptomatic Anemia in Patients with Lower-Risk MDS

We are pleased to share with you that on July 25th, 2024, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated its Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for the treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) to recommend RYTELO™️ (imetelstat) as a Category 1 and 2A treatment of symptomatic anemia in patients with lower-risk MDS.

By |2024-07-30T12:57:32-04:00July 30th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Approves FoundationOne®Liquid CDx as a Companion Diagnostic for AKEEGA® (niraparib and abiraterone acetate) for Patients with BRCA-Positive Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

BOSTON – July 1, 2024 – Foundation Medicine, Inc. today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for FoundationOne®Liquid CDx to be used as a companion diagnostic for AKEEGA® (niraparib and abiraterone acetate) from Janssen Biotech, Inc, a Johnson & Johnson company, the first and only FDA-approved dual-action tablet combining PARP inhibition and hormone therapy for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).1

By |2024-07-30T12:58:23-04:00July 1st, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

EPKINLY® (epcoritamab-bysp) Approved by U.S. FDA for Patients with Relapsed or Refractory (R/R) Follicular Lymphoma (FL)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark; June 27, 2024 – Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved EPKINLY® (epcoritamab-bysp) for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma (FL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy. With this approval, EPKINLY is the first and only T-cell engaging bispecific antibody administered subcutaneously approved in the U.S. to treat this patient population.

By |2024-07-30T12:58:37-04:00July 1st, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

FDA APPROVES BLINCYTO® (BLINATUMOMAB) IN CD19-POSITIVE PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME-NEGATIVE B-CELL PRECURSOR ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (B-ALL) IN THE CONSOLIDATION PHASE

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., June 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved BLINCYTO® (blinatumomab) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients one month or older with CD19-positive Philadelphia chromosome-negative B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) in the consolidation phase, regardless of measurable residual disease (MRD) status.

By |2024-06-17T10:53:14-04:00June 17th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

Geron Announces FDA Approval of RYTELO™ (imetelstat), a First-in-Class Telomerase Inhibitor, for the Treatment of Adult Patients with Lower-Risk MDS with Transfusion-Dependent Anemia

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to change lives by changing the course of blood cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved RYTELO™ (imetelstat) for the treatment of adult patients with low- to intermediate-1 risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) with transfusion-dependent (TD) anemia requiring four or more red blood cell units over eight weeks who have not responded to or have lost response to or are ineligible for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA).

By |2024-06-07T13:57:37-04:00June 7th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments