Laleh Amiri-Kordestani was named acting associate director for cardio-oncology in the FDA Oncology Center of Excellence. She will also continue her role as the division director for the Division of Oncology 1.
FDA accepted a new drug application and granted priority review designation for the investigational compound sevabertinib (BAY 2927088), an oral, small molecule, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, for the treatment of adult patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have activating human epidermal growth factor receptors 2 (HER2) (ERBB2) mutations and who have received a prior systemic therapy.
