The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion recommending the approval of Sarclisa in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (VRd) for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant. A final decision is expected in the coming months.
EC granted marketing authorization for Elahere (mirvetuximab soravtansine) for the treatment of adult patients with folate receptor-alpha positive, platinum-resistant high grade serous epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who have received one to three prior systemic treatment regimens. Elahere is the first and only folate receptor alpha-directed antibody drug conjugate medicine approved in the EU, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Northern Ireland.
Lindis Biotech GmbH announced a licensing agreement with global pharmaceutical company Pharmanovia for catumaxomab, for the treatment of malignant ascites.
ARC, the innovation arm of Sheba Medical Center Israel’s largest hospital and a global leader in clinical trials, announced today a collaboration with Roche, a leading provider of digital pathology solutions worldwide, to help improve the diagnosis and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.Â
Immunai Inc. announced a multi-year collaboration with Teva Pharmaceuticals, an affiliate of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Under the agreement, Immunai will collaborate with Teva in immunology and Immuno-oncology programs.
Urologic oncologist Wayne Brisbane thought his patient might be a good candidate for focal therapy.
President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the post of secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, placing the vaccine skeptic in charge of a vast empire of research, engineering, regulatory, and health care agencies.
The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium will focus on doing the same with less—less surgery, less radiation, while maintaining clinical outcomes. The symposium will take place Dec. 10-13 in San Antonio, TX.
New data indicate that, professional guidelines notwithstanding, doctors rarely address concerns about sexual health when they treat women with cancer.
Hodgkin lymphoma has long been a model disease in the field of oncology—one of the first diseases we learned to cure with radiation and ultimately chemotherapy.Â
