Data from a study recently published by the Royal Marsden Cancer Centre showed promising data for the combination of Avutometinib + Defactinib in the treatment of ovarian cancer, resulting in significant tumour shrinkage in 28% of patients and disease control in 93% of patients.
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K-Drug Approved For Adjuvant Treatment Of Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Significantly Extending Cancer-Free Survival Of Patients!
The US FDA has approved pablizumab (Keytruda) as an adjuvant treatment for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. In the trial, pablizumab (Keytruda) significantly prolonged cancer-free survival in patients compared to placebo.
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Heavyweight! First ADC Drug For Refractory Ovarian Cancer Receives Accelerated FDA Approval
Elahere, the first antibody-coupled drug (ADC) for refractory ovarian cancer, has received accelerated approval from the FDA, resulting in substantial tumour shrinkage in 31.7% of patients and complete tumour disappearance in 4.8%.
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Good News, Orphan Drug Status Granted By The FDA For Ezurpimtrostat, a Cutting Edge Drug For Liver Cancer!
The FDA has recently granted orphan drug designation to Ezurpimtrostat, a PPT-1 inhibitor for the treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
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Approved! With Just One Oral Dose Per Day, This Type Of Breast Cancer Patient Gets a New Drug
The US FDA has approved Elacestrant, the first oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer who are estrogen receptor positive, HER2 negative and have an ESR1 mutation. Results of the trial showed that patients treated with Elacestrant had a 45% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death.
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Pfizer's New Treatment Elranatamab Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation For Relapsed Or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Pfizer's new treatment, Elranatamab, has received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the FDA for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Data from the trial showed a patient efficacy rate of 61.0% and that once the therapy is effective, efficacy is maintained for more than six months in over 90% of patients!
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New CAR-T Therapy CB-010, Granted Two FDA Designations And Three Patients Are Cancer-Free For Six Months!
According to an announcement from Caribou Biosciences, the FDA has granted advanced therapy designation in regenerative medicine for the cutting-edge CAR-T therapy CB-010 for the treatment of relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma and fast track designation for the treatment of relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Newly Approved Targeted Drug Makes 79% Of Patients' Tumours Disappear Altogether, This Type Of Blood Tumour Is Saved!
The US FDA has approved pemigatinib, the first targeted drug to date for patients with specific mutated blood tumours, and the results of the study show that the drug made tumours disappear completely in 79% of patients!
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New Drug Expected For Patients With Low HER2 Expression, FDA Grants Priority Review Status To Enhertu
The FDA granted priority review status to Enhertu (DS-8201) for the treatment of patients with HR-positive, low HER2-expressing breast cancer, and Enhertu has enabled these patients to remain disease-free for an average of 10.1 months, with an average overall survival time of nearly two years. A decision on approval is expected to be made in the fourth quarter of this year.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Vabysmo (faricimab-svoa), for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular oedema (DME).