Ovarian Cancer
May 13, 2025
Eli Lilly’s ZEPBOUND Surpasses WEGOVY in SURMOUNT-5 Trial; Verastem Oncology Secures FDA Approval for AVMAPKI + FAKZYNJA in KRAS-Mutant Ovarian Cancer; Thermosome Gains Orphan Drug Designation for THE001; Beam Therapeutics Receives RMAT Status for BEAM-302 in AATD; Capsida Biotherapeutics Gets IND Clearance for STXBP1 Gene Therapy
Eli Lilly’s ZEPBOUND Outperforms WEGOVY in SURMOUNT-5 Trial Eli Lilly and Company released detailed results from the Phase IIIb SURMOUNT-5 clinical trial, showing that ZEPBOUND (tirzepatide) significantly outperformed WEGOVY (semaglutide) in weight loss among adults with obesity or overweight and at least one we...
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Jan 07, 2025
Chimerix Submits Dordaviprone NDA for Accelerated Approval in Recurrent H3 K27M-Mutant Diffuse Glioma to FDA; NMD Pharma’s NMD670 Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease; Verastem’s Avutometinib NDA Accepted for KRAS Mutant Ovarian Cancer; Capricor Submits BLA for Deramiocel in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Axsome Completes Phase III Trial of AXS-05 for Alzheimer’s Agitation
Chimerix Submits Dordaviprone NDA for Accelerated Approval to FDA for Recurrent H3 K27M-Mutant Diffuse Glioma Chimerix announced the submission of a NDA to the FDA for dordaviprone. The application seeks accelerated approval for the treatment of recurrent H3 K27M-mutant diffuse glioma, a rare and aggressive brai...
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Apr 09, 2024
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu US Approval; Basilea’s ZEVTERA FDA Approval; Genmab’s ProfoundBio Acquisition; Rocket Pharmaceuticals’ RP-L102 EMA Approval; Alexion’s Ultomiris and Soliris AAN 2024 Data
Enhertu Receives US Approval as First HER2-focused Treatment for Metastatic Solid Tumors, Independent of Tumor Origin AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's drug Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has gained approval in the United States for treating adult patients with inoperable or metastatic HER2-positive (IHC 3+) so...
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Jan 16, 2024
Bayer’s AskBio Initiates Phase II GenePHIT Trial; FDA Approves Merck’s KEYTRUDA Plus Chemoradiotherapy as Treatment for Stage III-IVA Cervical Cancer; FDA Fast Track Designation to SELLAS Life Sciences R/R AML; RemeGen’s RC88; Shorla Oncology Announces FDA Filing Acceptance of New Drug Application for Novel Formulation to Treat Breast and Ovarian Cancer; Tonix Pharma’s TNX-102 SL for Fibromyalgia
Bayer’s AskBio initiates Phase II GenePHIT trial in Congestive Heart Failure Merck, also recognized as MSD in regions beyond the United States and Canada, has officially announced that the FDA has approved for the use of KEYTRUDA, Merck's anti-PD-1 therapy, in conjunction with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for treatin...
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Oct 03, 2023
AbbVie Presents Phase III CANOVA Study Results; Novartis’ Iptacopan Shows Promise in Phase III Study; Fast Track Designation to AVB-001 for R/R Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer; FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for Lebrikizumab; Nedosiran Approveed for Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1; Orphan Drug Designation to BDC-1001 for Gastric Cancers
AbbVie Presents Results from Phase III CANOVA Study of Venetoclax in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma AbbVie has released findings from its Phase III CANOVA trial, which assessed the safety and effectiveness of venetoclax (marketed as VENCLEXTA®/VENCLYXTO®) in combination with dexamethasone ...
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Nov 22, 2022
FDA Approves Teplizumab to Delay the Onset of Type 1 Diabetes; FDA Backs Ardelyx’s CKD Therapy Xphozah; Merck to Acquire Imago BioSciences; Accelerated Approval to ImmunoGen’s ELAHERE; Regeneron and CytomX Announces Research Collaboration; FDA Grants Priority Review to Epcoritamab R/R LBCL
Merck to Acquire Imago BioSciences, Inc. for USD 1.35 Billion While its rumored acquisition of Seagen has yet to materialize, Merck & Co has continued to bolster its pipeline with smaller transactions, the most recent of which was a USD 1.35 billion agreement to acquire Imago BioSciences and its bomedemstat ...
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Sep 13, 2022
Amgen Announced the Result of its CodeBreak-200 Trial; FDA Clears Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Deucravacitinib; BioNTech’s Amplified CAR-T Therapy; TIL Therapy Improves on Yervoy in Melanoma; GSK’s Daprodustat will have to face FDA Advisory Committee; Breakthrough Therapy Status to Pfizer’s Group B Strep Vaccine; EU Approves Gilead’ Tecartus; Gilead’ Trodelvy Results in TROPiCs-02 Trial
Amgen Reveals the Top-line Result of its CodeBreak-200 trial of Lumakras in Lung Cancer The top-line result of Amgen's CodeBreak-200 trial of Lumakras in lung cancer was presented in abstract form at ESMO two weeks ago, showing a 34% improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) compared to chemotherapy. The fu...
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May 03, 2022
VBL Therapeutics’ VB-111 (ofranergene obadenovec); BMS’s mavacamten (Camzyos); Merck’s KEYTRUDA; AstraZeneca and Daiichi’s Enhertu; Pfizer/Biohaven’s VYDURA (rimegepant); AstraZeneca’s Ultomiris; Supernus’s Viloxazine (Qlebree); AbbVie’s Rinvoq
FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to VB-111 for Platinium-resistant Ovarian Cancer The FDA has given VBL Therapeutics’ VB-111 (ofranergene obadenovec), a targeted anticancer viral gene therapy, fast track designation for use as a viable therapeutic option in patients with platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer. VB...
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Apr 05, 2022
Precigen’s PRGN-3006; Yescarta Approved as a First CAR T-cell Therapy for R/R LBCL; Biogen & Ionis’ BIIB078; Nobelpharma’s HYFTOR (sirolimus topical gel) 0.2%; Cerevance Parkinson’s Drug; Sanofi & Regeneron’s Dupixent; Clovis’s Rubraca for Ovarian Cancer; Immunocore Eye Cancer Cell Therapy Approval
FDA Approves Yescarta as a First CAR T-cell Therapy for Initial Treatment of R/R Large B-cell Lymphoma Until now, existing CAR-T therapies have been reserved for patients with blood cancer who have tried multiple treatments. The FDA has approved Yescarta, a CD19-directed CAR-T therapy developed by Gilead Science...
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Jan 05, 2022
Assessment of Key Products that Got FDA Approval in Second Half (H2) of 2021
Although COVID-19 continued to dominate headlines in 2021, pharmaceutical companies did not cease developing new treatments this year. The US Food and Drug Administration maintained a rapid rate of new drug approvals this year, all while managing the urgent examination of COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines un...
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