RFK Jr. urges FDA staff to resist “agency capture” by special interests and resist “deep state” Whistleblowers will be “honored”

Trump administration seeks to slash NIH by roughly 40% as 27 institutes and centers are whittled down to eight
NCI to remain intact, but its finances are uncertain; FDA is spared big cuts

Confidential Trump administration budget documents show that the upcoming FY26 Budget Request will radically cut about $50 billion out of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reshuffling agency components, and slashing the number of NIH institutes and centers to just eight.

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

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Drugs & Targets

FDA to phase out animal testing requirement for monoclonal antibodies, other drugs

FDA announced on April 10 its efforts to advance public health by replacing animal testing in the development of monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs with more effective, human-relevant methods.

April 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.15

Cancer Policy

Federal judge nixes FDA’s LDT rule, says agency exceeded its authority

A federal judge ruled that the FDA lacks the statutory authority to regulate laboratory developed tests, finding squarely in favor of plaintiffs in the consolidated lawsuits brought by American Clinical Laboratories Association, Association for Molecular Pathology, and others. ASCP submitted an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs.

April 11, 2025

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Drugs & Targets

FDA approves Vitrakvi for NTRK gene fusion-positive solid tumors

FDA granted full approval for Vitrakvi (larotrectinib), a first-in-class TRK inhibitor for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with solid tumors that have a neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase gene fusion without a known acquired resistance mutation, are metastatic or where surgical resection is likely to result in severe morbidity, and have no satisfactory alternative treatments or that have progressed following treatment.

April 11, 2025

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Drugs & Targets

FDA approves Jobevne, a bevacizumab biosimilar

FDA approved Biocon Biologics Ltd’s Jobevne (bevacizumab-nwgd), a biosimilar bevacizumab for intravenous use. Jobevne, a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody used to treat several different types of cancer, is a biosimilar to the reference product Avastin (bevacizumab).

April 11, 2025

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RFK Jr. urges FDA staff to resist “agency capture” by special interests and resist “deep state”

Whistleblowers will be “honored”

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RFK Jr. urges FDA staff to resist “agency capture” by special interests and resist “deep state”

Whistleblowers will be “honored”

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

Trump administration seeks to slash NIH by roughly 40% as 27 institutes and centers are whittled down to eightNCI to remain intact, but its finances are uncertain; FDA is spared big cuts

FDA approves nivolumab + ipilimumab for unresectable or metastatic HCC

FDA to phase out animal testing requirement for monoclonal antibodies, other drugs

Federal judge nixes FDA’s LDT rule, says agency exceeded its authority

FDA approves Vitrakvi for NTRK gene fusion-positive solid tumors

FDA approves Jobevne, a bevacizumab biosimilar

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Trump administration seeks to slash NIH by roughly 40% as 27 institutes and centers are whittled down to eight
NCI to remain intact, but its finances are uncertain; FDA is spared big cuts