CHMP recommends approval of Calquence plus chemoimmunotherapy for first-line mantle cell lymphoma

CHMP adopts positive opinion for Adcetris + ECADD for newly diagnosed stage IIb/III/IV Hodgkin lymphoma

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion for the extension of the marketing authorization of Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) and recommended its approval in combination with etoposide, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, dacarbazine, and dexamethasone, a chemotherapy regimen, in adult patients with newly diagnosed stage 2b with risk factors/3/4 Hodgkin lymphoma.

May 02, 2025

Vol.51 No.17

Drugs & Targets

CHMP adopts positive opinion on Calquence-based regimens for CLL

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency recommended a fixed-duration regimen of Calquence (acalabrutinib) in combination with venetoclax, with or without obinutuzumab for approval in the EU for the treatment of adult patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

May 02, 2025

Vol.51 No.17

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves penpulimab-kcqx for non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma

FDA approved penpulimab-kcqx with cisplatin or carboplatin and gemcitabine for the first-line treatment of adults with recurrent or metastatic non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma. FDA also approved penpulimab-kcqx as a single agent for adults with metastatic non-keratinizing NPC with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other prior line of therapy.

April 25, 2025

Vol.51 No.16

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves nivolumab + ipilimumab for unresectable or metastatic HCC

FDA on April 11 approved nivolumab (Opdivo) with ipilimumab (Yervoy) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma.

April 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.15

Clinical Roundup

MSK and City of Hope researchers develop test using machine learning to help predict immunotherapy response in lymphoma

Researchers with Memorial Sloan Kettering and City of Hope have created a tool that uses machine learning to assess a non-Hodgkin lymphoma patient’s likely response to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy before starting the treatment, according to study results published on April 1 in Nature Medicine.

April 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.14

Clinical Roundup

NK cells complexed with bispecific antibody yield high response rates in lymphoma

A novel cell therapy approach using cord blood-derived natural killer cells pre-complexed with AFM13, or acimtamig, a CD30/CD16A bispecific antibody, was safe and generated strong response rates for patients with refractory CD30-positive lymphomas, according to a new study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

April 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.14

CHMP recommends approval of Calquence plus chemoimmunotherapy for first-line mantle cell lymphoma

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