FDA has granted orphan drug designation for the GSK-3β inhibitor elraglusib, for treatment of soft tissue sarcoma.
FDA is seeking consumer representatives to serve on the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee.
FDA approved Rybrevant (amivantamab-vmjw) plus Lazcluze (lazertinib) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R substitution mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test.
FDA approved durvalumab (Imfinzi) with platinum-containing chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment, followed by single-agent durvalumab as adjuvant treatment after surgery for adults with resectable (tumors ≥ 4 cm and/or node positive) non-small cell lung cancer and no known epidermal growth factor receptor mutations or anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangements.
FDA accepted Bristol Myers Squibb’s supplemental Biologics License Application for Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) as a potential first-line treatment for adult patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
FDA granted priority review for Imfinzi (durvalumab), AstraZeneca’s supplemental Biologics License Application, based on the results from the positive ADRIATIC phase III trial in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer whose disease has not progressed following platinum-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy.Â
FDA has approved Voranigo (vorasidenib), an isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 and isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 inhibitor, for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 12 years and older with grade 2 astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma with a susceptible IDH1 or IDH2 mutation following surgery including biopsy, sub-total resection, or gross total resection.Â
FDA has approved Lymphir (denileukin diftitox-cxdl), a novel immunotherapy for the treatment of r/r cutaneous T-cell lymphoma after at least one prior systemic therapy.Â
Labcorp announced it has received de novo marketing authorization from FDA for PGDx elio plasma focus Dx—the industry’s first and only kitted, pan-solid tumor liquid biopsy test.
At its most recent meeting, the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee focused on perioperative clinical trials, which the agency defined as neoadjuvant phase followed by surgery and continuing with adjuvant treatment using the same experimental agent (The Cancer Letter, July 26, 2024).