FDA has approved Imfinzi (durvalumab), in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin for adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer.
AstraZeneca’s tablet formulation of Calquence (acalabrutinib) has been approved in the US for all current indications, including adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, small lymphocytic lymphoma and for patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma, which is approved under accelerated approval based on overall response rate.
The European Commission has approved Scemblix (asciminib) for the treatment of adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase (Ph+ CML-CP), previously treated with two or more tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
FDA accepted the supplemental Biologics License Application for Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin-piiq) in combination with Rituxan (rituximab) plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone (R-CHP) for the treatment of people with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
BrainSpec, the web-based software platform that intends to use existing MRI machines to enable virtual biopsies of the brain, has received FDA designation as a breakthrough device for estimating isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) status in glioma patients in whom biopsy is inadvisable.
FDA issued a revised draft guidance for industry, “Charging for Investigational Drugs Under an IND: Questions and Answers,” which responds to frequently asked questions about FDA’s processes, policies, and regulation regarding charging patients for investigational new drugs under certain circumstances in clinical trials or expanded access for treatment use.
MD Anderson Cancer Center and Empyrean Medical Systems Inc. formed an exclusive license and joint development agreement to advance novel technologies and products in the fields of radiation oncology and cancer therapeutics.
MD Anderson Cancer Center and Erasca formed a strategic research and development collaboration to evaluate multiple agents from Erasca’s pipeline targeting the RAS/MAPK pathway as either single-agent or combination therapies.
Lynparza (olaparib) was approved by the European Commission as monotherapy or in combination with endocrine therapy for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with germline BRCA1/2 mutations (gBRCAm), who have HER2-negative, high-risk, early-stage breast cancer previously treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and TransCode Therapeutics Inc. form an alliance to advance TransCode’s pipeline of RNA-targeted oncology therapeutic and diagnostic candidates.
