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The Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to Tabrecta™ (capmatinib; Novartis).
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The approval of Imfinzi is based on the positive PFS data from the Phase 3 PACIFIC trial.
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Genentech announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tecentriq (atezolizumab) for the treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy, and have progressed on an appropriate FDA-approved targeted therapy if their tumor has EGFR or ALK gene abnormalities.
Drugs in the Pipeline
The FDA has accepted and granted Priority Review for a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Xalkori (crizotinib; Pfizer).
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tagrisso (osimertinib; AstraZeneca) for the treatment of patients with metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) T790M mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as detected by an FDA-approved test, who have progressed on or after EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy.
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The FDA has approved Gilotrif (afatinib) with the therascreen EGFR RQG PCR kit for the treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma in patients whose tumors have certain EGFR gene mutations detected by the FDA-approved diagnostic test.
Drugs in the Pipeline
Sorafenib does not improve OS for patients with advanced NSCLC, but it may benefit a subset of patients whose tumors harbor EGFR mutations.
Drugs in the Pipeline
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals announced interim results from its randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2b trial of bavituximab in patients with refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Drugs in the Pipeline
Eli Lilly and Company announced today that the Phase 3 POINTBREAK trial did not meet its primary endpoint of improved overall survival for patients with nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who were randomized to receive a combination of Alimta (pemetrexed for injection) with bevacizumab (Avastin; Genentech) and carboplatin induction followed by Alimta plus bevacizumab maintenance-the Alimta arm-compared to the combination of paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb) with bevacizumab and carboplatin followed by bevacizumab maintenance-the paclitaxel arm.
Drugs in the Pipeline
Boehringer Ingelheim announced results from its LUX-Lung 3 Phase 3 clinical trial of afatinib in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).