Approvals

Roche’s Tecentriq combo gets FDA priority review to treat lung cancer

Roche’s cancer immunotherapy Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in combination with chemotherapy has been granted priority review in the US for the treatment of a specific type of metastatic lung cancer.

Novartis’ Tafinlar/Mekinist combo gets FDA nod for anaplastic thyroid cancer

Novartis Pharmaceuticals has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib) combination therapy to treat anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC).

FDA expands approval of Novartis’ Kymriah CAR-T therapy

Novartis has secured a second approval for Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) in the US for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (r/r) large B-cell lymphoma who had more than two lines of systemic therapy.

AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso gets positive EU CHMP opinion for first-line treatment of EGFR-mutated NSCLC

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion, recommending a change to the terms of the marketing authorisation for Tagrisso (osimertinib) to include the 1st-line treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with activating epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations.

Omeros’ OMS721 gets FDA breakthrough therapy designation for HSCT-TMA

Omeros’ MASP-2 inhibitor OMS721 has secured breakthrough therapy designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with high-risk hematopoietic stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (HSCT-TMA).

FDA expands GSK’s Trelegy Ellipta indication in COPD

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline and Innoviva’s Trelegy Ellipta (fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol ‘FF/UMEC/VI’) to treat a broader population of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with airflow limitation or who had an acute worsening of respiratory symptoms.

FDA approves Tagrisso as first-line treatment for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso (osimertinib) as the first-line treatment for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumours have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations.

Roche’s Hemlibra gets FDA breakthrough status in haemophilia A without inhibitors

Roche has secured breakthrough therapy designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Hemlibra (emicizumab) to treat people with haemophilia A without factor VIII inhibitors.

BMS’ Opdivo and Yervoy combo gets FDA approval for firstline RCC

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (BMS) combination of immuno-oncology drugs Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab) as first-line treatment for patients with a type of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), or kidney cancer.