Mital Patel, PharmD

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Janssen Therapeutics announced the submission of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to update the label for once-daily, all-oral Olysio (simeprevir) in combination with sofosbuvir for adults with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection with or without cirrhosis.

The FDA has accepted for filing the New Drug Application (NDA) for ready-to-use (RTU) bivalirudin (Eagle) for the treatment of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with use of glycoprotein IIb/IIa inhibitor; undergoing PCI with, or at risk of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis syndrome; or with unstable angina undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA).

Exelixis announced positive top-line results from the primary analysis of METEOR, a Phase 3 trial comparing Cometriq (cabozantinib) to everolomus in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who have experienced disease progression following treatment with a VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI).

Bristol Myers Squibb Company announced that CheckMate-025, a Phase 3 study investigating Opdivo (nivolumab) vs. everolimus in previously treated patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) was stopped early due to the primary endpoint being met.