By: Dr. Anish Shah Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for Pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca) to be administered to adult patients diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small
By Dr. Anish Shah Bronx-Lebanon Hospital On August 9, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted regular approval to pralsetinib for adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
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On July 31, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved dostarlimab-gxly (Jemperli, GlaxoSmithKline) for primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer (EC) that is mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) or microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H).
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On August 2, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved trifluridine and tipiracil (LONSURF) with bevacizumab for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) in patients who have previously received a
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On June 20, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved talazoparib (Talzenna, Pfizer, Inc.) in combination with enzalutamide for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) with homologous recombination repair (HRR)
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On July 20, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved quizartinib (Vanflyta) for adult patients newly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD)-positive mutation,
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On June 15, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Glofitamab-gxbm (Columvi) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified or
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On May 19, 2023, Epcoritamab-bysp (Epkinly, Genmab US, Inc) was granted accelerated approval by the US FDA for the treatment of relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified, DLBCL arising
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On May 22, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved avapritinib (Ayvakit) for the treatment of adults with indolent systemic mastocytosis. Avapritinib had previously been approved for advanced systemic mastocytosis in
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On April 19, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Polatuzumab Vedotin-Piiq in combination with a rituximab product, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone (R-CHP) for adult patients with previously untreated diffuse
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On April 3, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved enfortumab vedontin-ejfv with pembrolizumab for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who have not received prior systemic therapy and
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