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).

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Jaypirca® (pirtobrutinib, 100 mg & 50 mg tablets) for the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) who have received at least two prior lines of therapy, including a Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor and a BCL-2 inhibitor.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. And SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (Coherus, Nasdaq: CHRS) and Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (Junshi Biosciences, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180) announced today the publication of the final overall survival (OS) results from the pivotal JUPITER-02 study (NCT03581786), a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, international, multi-center Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the immune checkpoint inhibitor LOQTORZI™ (toripalimab-tpzi), in combination with the chemotherapy agents gemcitabine and cisplatin, as a first-line treatment for patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

STAMFORD, Conn., November 27, 2023 – 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 approved OGSIVEO™ (nirogacestat), an oral gamma secretase inhibitor, for the treatment of adult patients with progressing desmoid tumors who require systemic treatment.1 The FDA previously granted breakthrough therapy, fast track and orphan drug designations to nirogacestat for the treatment of desmoid tumors.

Cambridge, Mass., November 20, 2023 – Foundation Medicine Inc. today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for FoundationOne®CDx to be used as a companion diagnostic for AstraZeneca’s Truqap™ (capivasertib) in combination with Faslodex® (fulvestrant) which has been contemporaneously approved for the treatment of adult patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with one or more PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN-alterations following progression on at least one endocrine-based regimen in the metastatic setting or recurrence on or within 12 months of completing adjuvant therapy.

OSAKA, Japan and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, November 8, 2023 – Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved FRUZAQLA™ (fruquintinib), an oral targeted therapy for adults with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who have been previously treated with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-based chemotherapy, an anti-VEGF therapy, and, if RAS wild-type and medically appropriate, an anti-EGFR therapy.

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Augtyro™ (repotrectinib) for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).1 Administered as an oral therapy, Augtyro is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) targeting ROS1 oncogenic fusions.1

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (“Coherus”, NASDAQ: CHRS), and Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd. (Junshi Biosciences, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved LOQTORZI™ (toripalimab-tpzi) in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine for the first-line treatment of adults with metastatic or recurrent locally advanced NPC, and as monotherapy for the treatment of adults with recurrent, unresectable, or metastatic NPC with disease progression on or after platinum-containing chemotherapy.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Foundation Medicine, Inc., today announced its participation in the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Combination Therapy Platform Trial with Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (ComboMATCH) initiative to test new therapy combinations in select groups of adults and children with cancer. NCI is part of the National Institutes of Health.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (“Coherus”, Nasdaq: CHRS), today announced a presentation of toripalimab data at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics being held October 11-15, 2023 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.