By: Dr. Anish Shah Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved amivantamab- vmjw (Rybrevant, Janssen Biotech, Inc.) in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed for the initial
By: Dr. Anish ShahBronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY On April 5, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval forfam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (Enhertu, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.). The approval targetsadults with inoperable or metastatic HER2-positive
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By: Dr. Anish Shah Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved amivantamab- vmjw (Rybrevant, Janssen Biotech, Inc.) in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed for the initial
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By: Dr. Anish Shah Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY The FDA gave its approval for the use of osimertinib (Tagrisso, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP) alongside platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell
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By: Dr. Anish ShahBronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY On February 16, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to lifileucel (Amtagvi). The approval targets adults with metastatic or inoperable melanoma who
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By: Dr. Anish ShahBronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY On February 15, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted regular approval to tepotinib (Tepmetko) for adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
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By: Dr. Anish Shah Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY On February 13, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval for the use of irinotecan liposome (Onivyde, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.) as a combined treatment
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By: Dr. Anish Shah Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY On December 13, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to eflornithine (IWILFIN, USWM, LLC) for adult and pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma (HRNB)
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By: Dr. Anish Shah Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave its approval for the use of enfortumab vedotin-ejfv (Padcev, Astellas Pharma) in combination with pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) as a
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By: Dr. Anish Shah Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Bronx, NY On December 14, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to belzutifan (Welireg, Merck & Co., Inc.) for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
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By Dr. Arya Mariam Roy of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Tucatinib, a HER2-directed tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), has been approved in combination with trastuzumab and capecitabine for previously treated HER2+ metastatic
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