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A carefully crafted resource to ensure that oncology professionals stay up-to-date with the most recent drug updates and FDA approvals. Here, you'll discover a collection of vital information, enabling you to make well-informed choices and provide advanced care to your patients. Keep up with the ever-changing world of oncology treatments with our extensive updates, guaranteeing that your practice stays at the forefront.

Latest Drug Updates

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  • September 23, 2024 9:17 AM | Katy Monaco (Administrator)

    FDA) has approved Sarclisa (isatuximab) in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (VRd) as a first line treatment option for adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) who are not eligible for autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT). Sarclisa is the first anti-CD38 therapy in combination with standard-of-care VRd to significantly reduce disease progression or death (by 40%) compared to VRd alone for patients with NDMM not eligible for transplant. Read More.

  • September 20, 2024 9:16 AM | Katy Monaco (Administrator)

    FDA approved RYBREVANT® (amivantamab-vmjw) in combinationwith standard of care chemotherapy (carboplatin and pemetrexed) for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions (ex19del) or L858R substitution mutations, whose disease has progressed on or after treatment with an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). Read More.

  • September 19, 2024 9:14 AM | Katy Monaco (Administrator)

    FDA has approved KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy, for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Read More.

  • September 18, 2024 9:14 AM | Katy Monaco (Administrator)

    FDA has approved Kisqali® (ribociclib) in combination with an aromatase inhibitor (AI) for the adjuvant treatment of people with hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) stage II and III early breast cancer (EBC) at high risk of recurrence, including those with node-negative (N0) disease. Read More.

  • September 13, 2024 9:12 AM | Katy Monaco (Administrator)

    FDA has approved Tecentriq HybrezaTM (atezolizumab and hyaluronidase-tqjs), the first and only PD-(L)1 inhibitor for subcutaneous (SC), under the skin injection for patients in the United States. Tecentriq Hybreza can be injected subcutaneously over approximately seven minutes, compared with 30-60 minutes for standard IV infusion of Tecentriq (atezolizumab). It will be available for all IV indications of Tecentriq approved for adults in the U.S., including certain types of lung, liver, skin and soft tissue cancer. Read More


  • August 20, 2024 12:48 PM | Katy Monaco (Administrator)

    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 (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R substitution mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test. Read More.

  • August 19, 2024 12:47 PM | Katy Monaco (Administrator)

    AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) in combination with chemotherapy has been approved in the US for the treatment of adult patients with resectable early-stage (IIA-IIIB) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and no known epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangements. In this regimen, patients are treated with Imfinzi in combination with neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery and as adjuvant monotherapy after surgery. Read More.

  • August 16, 2024 12:44 PM | Katy Monaco (Administrator)

    FDA has approved Niktimvo™ (axatilimab-csfr), an anti-CSF-1R antibody, for the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after failure of at least two prior lines of systemic therapy in adult and pediatric patients weighing at least 40 kg (88.2 lbs.). Read More.

  • August 09, 2024 12:43 PM | Katy Monaco (Administrator)

    FDA has approved VORANIGO®, an isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) and isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 (IDH2) inhibitor, indicated 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. VORANIGO is available and offers glioma patients the ability to actively manage their disease with the convenience of a once-daily pill.  Read More

  • August 08, 2024 10:58 AM | Katy Monaco (Administrator)

    Thank you for joining us in Chicago. We hope you were able to see that OPDIVO® (nivolumab) + YERVOY® (ipilimumab) and 2 cycles of chemotherapy* now has 5 years of follow-up data for PD-L1 <1% r/m NSCLC. Explore the data HERE and see why it may be time to reevaluate your current treatment approach.

    INDICATION

    OPDIVO® (nivolumab), in combination with YERVOY® (ipilimumab) and 2 cycles of platinum-doublet chemotherapy, is indicated for the first-line treatment of adult patients with metastatic or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations.

    Visit the website to learn more.

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