publication date: Feb. 28, 2020
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The FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee Feb. 26 voted down a vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy for early-stage, low-risk prostate cancer and, in a narrow vote, recommended approval for a combination of a VEGF receptor 2 antagonist and an EGFR-targeting tyrosine kinase inhibitor for front-line treatment of EGFR-positive non-small cell lung cancer.
Last year, FDA approved 11 new drugs and biologics as well as 30 supplemental indications and four biosimilars, according to commentary by FDA officials published in Nature Reviews.
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