ODAC vote will likely lead to three-arm and four-arm designs–and pragmatic trials–for perioperative indications

First FDA-approved robot-assisted microsurgery for head-and-neck cancer performed at Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai performed the first robot-assisted microsurgical head-and-neck cancer reconstructive surgery in the United States after the robot device received FDA approval for the procedure.

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Vol.51 No.07

Drugs & Targets

FDA grants priority review to Boehringer’s BI 1810631 for the treatment of HER2-mutant advanced NSCLC

FDA granted priority review to Boehringer Ingelheim’s new drug application for BI 1810631 (zongertinib) for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have HER2 mutations and who have received prior systemic therapy.

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Vol.51 No.07

White House

RFK Jr. is confirmed, NCORP stops collecting data on sexual orientation, gender
One month in: Trump’s impact on oncology

Earlier this week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as secretary of Health and Human Services amid many resignations at federal health agencies and cancellations of NIH and NCAB meetings. All of this happened at a time when the Trump administration is reportedly preparing to fire thousands of HHS workers.

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Vol.51 No.06

By Claire Marie Porter and Jacquelyn Cobb

Clinical Roundup

Cortechs.ai, EDAP TMS announce OnQ prostate-assisted robotic HIFU procedure

Cortechs.ai and EDAP TMS SA announced the successful completion of the world’s first OnQ Prostate-assisted Focal One Robotic HIFU procedure at the University of California, San Francisco Prostate Center.

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Vol.51 No.06

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves Adcetris + lenalidomide + rituximab for r/r large B-cell lymphoma

FDA approved Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) in combination with lenalidomide and a rituximab product for adult patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified (NOS), DLBCL arising from indolent lymphoma, or high-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL), after two or more lines of systemic therapy who are ineligible for autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) or CAR T-cell therapy.

February 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.06

Drugs & Targets

FDA approves Gomekli for pediatric patients with neurofiromatosis type 1

FDA approved Gomekli (mirdametinib), a kinase inhibitor from SpringWorks Therapeutics, for adult and pediatric patients two years of age and older with neurofibromatosis type 1 who have symptomatic plexiform neurofibromas not amenable to complete resection.

February 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.06

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RFK Jr. is confirmed, NCORP stops collecting data on sexual orientation, gender
One month in: Trump’s impact on oncology