Drugs & Targets

Drugs & Targets

Cabometyx receives FDA approval for patients with previously treated radioactive iodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer

Cabometyx (cabozantinib) has received FDA approval for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older with locally advanced or metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer that has progressed following prior vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-targeted therapy and who are radioactive iodine-refractory or ineligible. 
Drugs & Targets

Opdivo + chemo receives positive CHMP opinion for gastric, gastroesophageal junction, esophageal adenocarcinoma

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency recommended approval of Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with fluoropyrimidine and platinum-containing chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with HER2-negative advanced or metastatic gastric, gastroesophageal junction, or esophageal adenocarcinoma whose tumors express PD-L1 with a combined positive score ≥ 5. 
Drugs & Targets

Keytruda + chemo receives positive CHMP opinion in TNBC indication

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency recommended approval of Keytruda (pembrolizumab), an anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of locally recurrent unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer in adults whose tumors express PD-L1 (Combined Positive Score ≥10) and who have not received prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease.