FDA OCE commentary: Cancer burden facing Asian Americans partly caused by racism

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FDA approves Emrelis for previously treated, advanced NSCLC with high c-Met protein overexpression

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FDA approves Zynyz as first-line treatment for advanced anal cancer

FDA approved Zynyz (retifanlimab-dlwr), a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting programmed death receptor-1, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel (platinum-based chemotherapy) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with inoperable locally recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal.

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Cyber-iconoclast Vinay Prasad named head of FDA’s CBER
An oncologist, Prasad has criticized accelerated approval, next-gen sequencing, and targeted therapies

Vinay Prasad, a MAHA-aligned hematologist-oncologist with an avid cyber following, was named director of the FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, where he will be responsible for the agency’s regulation of vaccines and biologics, including cell and gene therapies.

May 09, 2025

Vol.51 No.18

By Claire Marie Porter

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Scott Gottlieb, Mark McClellan warn of the major challenges created by planned reorganization of FDA

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First ODAC meeting since Trump’s inauguration scheduled for May 20-21

FDA announced a meeting of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee May 20 and 21. It will be the first ODAC meeting since President Trump was inaugurated.

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Vol.51 No.18

By Jacquelyn Cobb

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Cyber-iconoclast Vinay Prasad named head of FDA’s CBER
An oncologist, Prasad has criticized accelerated approval, next-gen sequencing, and targeted therapies