Swiss pharma giant Roche and US precision therapy company Blueprint Medicines have entered into a worldwide licensing and collaboration deal potentially worth up to $1.703 billion for the latter’s cancer drug candidate pralsetinib. Through the deal, Roche gains exclusive rights for the co-development and marketing of the investigational drug for RET-altered cancers across the world […]
Selpercatinib FDA approval : The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Eli Lilly and Company’s Retevmo (selpercatinib) capsules for the treatment of three types of tumors – non-small cell lung cancer, medullary thyroid cancer and other types of thyroid cancers. The approvals are for the drug to be used in patients whose tumors […]
Retevmo FDA approval : Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Retevmo (selpercatinib, 40mg and 80mg capsules) for the treatment of adults with metastatic rearranged during transfection (RET) fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Retevmo has also been approved by the FDA for the treatment […]
Roche’s subsidiary, Genentech, has announced a significant breakthrough with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Tecentriq (atezolizumab). This new approval marks a pivotal development in the fight against extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), as the monoclonal antibody will now be used in combination with chemotherapy as a first-line treatment for […]
Pfizer Inc., a leading US pharmaceutical company, has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Lorbrena (lorlatinib), a groundbreaking treatment for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This approval marks a significant milestone in the fight against a challenging form of cancer, particularly for patients whose […]
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s cancer drug Opdivo (nivolumab) has failed to meet the primary endpoint in the Phase 3 CheckMate -331 trial, designed to assess its effectiveness in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients whose condition had relapsed after platinum-based chemotherapy. The trial results reveal that Opdivo did not significantly enhance overall survival compared to the current […]
Spanish pharmaceutical company PharmaMar has announced that its cancer drug, lurbinectedin, has received orphan drug designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC). This designation marks a critical milestone in the development of lurbinectedin, highlighting its potential in treating this aggressive form of cancer. Lurbinectedin […]