Takeda Announces EXKIVITY (mobocertinib) Is No Longer Commercially Available in U.S. Market

We are informing you that Takeda, following alignment with the U.S Food and Drug Administration, has announced that EXKIVITY (mobocertinib) is no longer commercially available in the U.S. market.

By |2024-04-12T11:07:12-04:00April 12th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

CARVYKTI® is the First and Only BCMA-Targeted Treatment Approved by the U.S. FDA for Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma Who Have Received at Least One Prior Line of Therapy

HORSHAM, PA (April 5, 2024) – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CARVYKTI® (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior line of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory agent, and are refractory to lenalidomide.1

By |2024-04-11T14:09:57-04:00April 11th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

ENHERTU® Approved in the U.S. as First Tumor Agnostic HER2 Directed Therapy for Previously Treated Patients with Metastatic HER2 Positive Solid Tumors

Tokyo and Basking Ridge, NJ – (April 5, 2024) – Daiichi Sankyo (TSE: 4568) and AstraZeneca’s (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN) ENHERTU® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been approved in the U.S. for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2 positive (immunohistochemistry [IHC] 3+) solid tumors who have received prior systemic treatment and have no satisfactory alternative treatment options.

By |2024-04-11T14:08:21-04:00April 11th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

Takeda Announces U.S. FDA Approval of Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for ICLUSIG® (ponatinib) in Adult Patients with Newly Diagnosed Ph+ ALL

OSAKA, Japan and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 19, 2024 – Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for ICLUSIG® (ponatinib) for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) in combination with chemotherapy.

By |2024-03-26T12:09:53-04:00March 15th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

FDA approves inotuzumab ozogamicin for pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

On March 6, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration approved inotuzumab ozogamicin (Besponsa, Pfizer) for pediatric patients 1 year and older with relapsed or refractory CD22-positive B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

By |2024-03-12T08:58:27-04:00March 12th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

PharmaEssentia’s BESREMi (ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft) Now Recommended as a Preferred First-line Cytoreductive Therapy for Polycythemia Vera in Updated NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines)

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PharmaEssentia USA Corporation, a subsidiary of PharmaEssentia Corporation (TWSE: 6446), a global biopharmaceutical innovator based in Taiwan leveraging deep expertise and proven scientific principles to deliver new biologics in hematology and oncology, today announced that the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) have recently been updated to include ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft, marketed as BESREMi®, as a preferred first-line cytoreductive therapy option for the treatment of adults with symptomatic, low-risk polycythemia vera (PV).

By |2024-03-04T15:46:35-05:00March 4th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

RYBREVANT® (amivantamab-vmjw) in Combination With Chemotherapy Is the First FDA Approved Therapy for First-line Treatment of Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations

RARITAN, N.J., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced today that following a priority review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved RYBREVANT® (amivantamab-vmjw) in combination with chemotherapy (carboplatin-pemetrexed) for the first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion mutations as detected by an FDA-approved test.1

By |2024-03-04T14:41:11-05:00March 4th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

Ipsen’s Onivyde® regimen, a potential new standard-of-care first-line therapy in metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, approved by FDA

On September 26, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration approved bosutinib (Bosulif, Pfizer) for pediatric patients 1 year of age and older with chronic phase (CP) Ph+ chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) that is newly diagnosed (ND) or resistant or intolerant (R/I) to prior therapy.

By |2024-02-16T13:46:53-05:00February 16th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

FDA approves bosutinib for pediatric patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia

On September 26, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration approved bosutinib (Bosulif, Pfizer) for pediatric patients 1 year of age and older with chronic phase (CP) Ph+ chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) that is newly diagnosed (ND) or resistant or intolerant (R/I) to prior therapy.

By |2024-01-25T13:05:34-05:00January 25th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

Annexus Health Celebrates Milestones, Innovation, and Transformational Growth in 2023

PARIS, December 7, 2023. The Phase 3 IMROZ trial evaluating the investigational use of Sarclisa® (isatuximab-irfc) in combination with standard-of-care bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone (VRd) met its primary endpoint at a planned interim analysis for efficacy, demonstrating statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) compared with VRd alone in transplant-ineligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM).

By |2024-01-19T13:05:11-05:00January 19th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments