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FDA: Calquence for the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma

The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Calquence ( Acalabrutinib ) for the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia ( CLL ) or small lymphocytic lymphoma ( SLL ... read article

FDA has approved Invokana, a SGLT2 inhibitor, to treat diabetes-related kidney disease

Invokana ( Canagliflozin ) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) to reduce the risk of end-stage kidney disease ( ESKD ) and cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 ... read article

IMpower131: patients with advanced squamous NSCLC and with high PD-LI expression, treated with Carboplatin + nab-Paclitaxel + Atezolizumab, have experienced a longer survival rate

Patients with stage IV squamous non-small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC ) enrolled in clinical trial to test the immunotherapy Atezolizumab ( Tecentriq ) and chemotherapy against chemotherapy alone experie ... read article

KEYNOTE-024 three-year survival update: Pembrolizumab effective as first-line therapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

First line Pembrolizumab ( Keytruda ) monotherapy provides durable long-term overall survival benefit compared to chemotherapy, according to data presented at the IASLC 2019 World Conference on Lung C ... read article

Belantamab mafodotin, positive headline results from the pivotal DREAMM-2 study for multiple myeloma

Positive results from the pivotal DREAMM-2 open-label, randomised study of two doses of Belantamab mafodotin ( GSK2857916 ) were announced. The 196 patients in the trial had relapsed multiple myelo ... read article

EMA has rejected the marketing authorization of the osteoporosis drug Evenity

The European Medicines Agency ( EMA ) has recommended the refusal of the marketing authorisation for Evenity, a medicine intended for the treatment of osteoporosis. Evenity was developed as a medic ... read article

FDA approves first treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: Dupixent

The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Dupixent ( Dupilumab ) to treat adults with nasal polyps accompanied by chronic rhinosinusitis ( prolonged inflammation of the sinuses and na ... read article

Keytruda as monotherapy for patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer with disease progression on or after Platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other prior line of therapy: FDA approved

The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Keytruda ( Pembrolizumab ), an anti-PD-1 therapy, as monotherapy for the treatment of patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer ( SCLC ... read article

Long-term survival benefit for metastatic melanoma patients treated with Dabrafenib plus Trametinib

The results from COMBI-d and COMBI-v clinical trials were presented at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology ( ASCO ) Annual Meeting and published simultaneously in The New England Journal of ... read article

Larotrectinib efficacy in patients with TRK fusion cancer and primary CNS tumors or brain metastases

A new analysis from clinical trials in patients with TRK fusion cancer and brain metastases or primary tumors of the central nervous system ( CNS ) has confirmed the strong activity of Larotrectinib ( ... read article

Enfortumab vedotin, a novel targeted-antibody treatment has produced responses in nearly half of patients with advanced urothelial cancer

A single arm, phase II clinical trial of 125 patients has shown treatment with Enfortumab vedotin, an agent targeting nectin-4, a protein found in 97% of urothelial cancers, has produced responses in ... read article

Advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Pembrolizumab increases historic survival rate in patients with higher PD-L1 expression and chemotherapy-naive

Five-year data from the phase Ib KEYNOTE-001 clinical trial has shown that Pembrolizumab ( Keytruda ) was safe and effective and substantially increased overall survival for advanced non-small cell lu ... read article

Advanced gastroesophageal junction and gastric carcinoma: front-line Pembrolizumab is promising alternative to chemotherapy

The KEYNOTE-062 phase III randomized clinical trial has achieved its primary endpoint, showing that for patients with PD-L1-positive, HER2-negative, advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction ( G/G ... read article

Pre-menopausal women with advanced breast cancer: adding Ribociclib to first-line endocrine therapy significantly improves survival

The randomized phase III MONALEESA-7 trial found that adding Ribociclib ( Kisqali ) to standard-of-care endocrine therapy has significantly improved overall survival for premenopausal women with advan ... read article

Keytruda in combination with Inlyta as first-line treatment for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, approved by FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has approved Keytruda ( Pembrolizumab ), an anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with Inlyta ( Axitinib ), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, for the first-line tr ... read article