ODAC gives thumbs-up to imetelstat for MDS, upholding the value of transfusion independence

ODAC vote will likely lead to three-arm and four-arm designs–and pragmatic trials–for perioperative indications

The FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee July 25 voted unanimously to set more rigorous standards for new trials for approval of perioperative indications of cancer drugs.

July 26, 2024

Vol.50 No.30

By Jacquelyn Cobb and Paul Goldberg

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FDA accepts Telix’s NDA for prostate cancer imaging agent

FDA has accepted the filing of Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited’s New Drug Application for TLX007-CDx, a new and proprietary cold kit for the preparation of PSMA-PET imaging for prostate cancer.

July 26, 2024

Vol.50 No.30

Drugs & Targets

FDA clears IND for Zymeworks’ antibody drug conjugate ZW191

FDA cleared the investigational new drug application for ZW191, a novel folate receptor-α targeted topoisomerase I inhibitor antibody-drug conjugate sponsored by Zymeworks.

July 26, 2024

Vol.50 No.30

Platinum drugs are off the shortage list, but the underlying problem is unsolved
FDA’s Califf: “We have a market failure due to unwillingness of health systems and cancer centers to pay a fair price.”

More than a year after a catastrophic shortage of platinum-based chemotherapy drugs swept through the U.S., FDA on June 28 officially removed carboplatin and cisplatin from the drug shortage list.

Cell donor’s socioeconomic status shapes cancer treatment outcomes

The socioeconomic status of cell donors affects the health outcomes of blood cancer patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

July 19, 2024

Vol.50 No.29

Drugs & Targets

FDA grants Fast Track designation to 225Ac-FL-020 radiopharmaceutical for mCRPC

FDA granted Fast Track designation for Ac-FL-020, a radiopharmaceutical which targets prostate-specific membrane antigen for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.xxx:more

July 12, 2024

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ODAC gives thumbs-up to imetelstat for MDS, upholding the value of transfusion independence

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ODAC gives thumbs-up to imetelstat for MDS, upholding the value of transfusion independence

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ODAC vote will likely lead to three-arm and four-arm designs–and pragmatic trials–for perioperative indications

FDA accepts Telix’s NDA for prostate cancer imaging agent

FDA clears IND for Zymeworks’ antibody drug conjugate ZW191

Platinum drugs are off the shortage list, but the underlying problem is unsolvedFDA’s Califf: “We have a market failure due to unwillingness of health systems and cancer centers to pay a fair price.”

Cell donor’s socioeconomic status shapes cancer treatment outcomes

FDA grants Fast Track designation to 225Ac-FL-020 radiopharmaceutical for mCRPC

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Platinum drugs are off the shortage list, but the underlying problem is unsolved
FDA’s Califf: “We have a market failure due to unwillingness of health systems and cancer centers to pay a fair price.”