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NIH stops production at 2 facilities
Photo by Daniel Sone The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has suspended production in 2 of its facilities—a National Cancer Institute (NCI)...
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Drug granted breakthrough designation for cHL
Photo courtesy of Merck The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation for pembrolizumab (Keytruda) to...
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PD-1 inhibitor granted priority review for cHL
Photo courtesy of Business Wire The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review to a supplemental biologics license...
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Survey says docs don’t know FDA requirements
A survey of nearly 700 US physicians revealed that many do not know the basic requirements for a drug to receive approval from the US Food and...
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FDA grants drug accelerated approval for CLL
Photo courtesy of the CDC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for venetoclax (Venclexta) to treat patients...
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EC approves drug for pediatric ITP
Photo by Logan Tuttle The European Commission (EC) has approved eltrombopag (Revolade), a once-daily oral thrombopoietin receptor agonist, to...
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EMA recommends orphan designation for cancer vaccine
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended orphan designation for the WT1 cancer vaccine galinpepimut-S as a treatment for patients with...
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CHMP recommends daratumumab for MM
Photo courtesy of Janssen The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended conditional...
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FDA grants product orphan designation for AML
Image by Lance Liotta The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan designation for the radioimmunoconjugate Iomab-B to be used as...
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FDA approves drug to treat VOD after HSCT
Photo by Chad McNeeley The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of defibrotide sodium (Defitelio). The product can now be...
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High costs limit CML patients’ access to TKIs
Photo courtesy of the CDC A new study suggests that cost-sharing policies in the US create a barrier to the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia...