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• Everolimus (Afinitor) has been approved by the European Commission for treatment of unresectable or metastatic, well-differentiated (grade 1 or grade 2) nonfunctional neuroendocrine...
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Alectinib (Alecensa) received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for the treatment of adult...
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• Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) received FDA approval for use in combination with pemetrexed and carboplatin for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic nonsquamous NSCLC,...
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• Clovis Oncology is shutting down patient enrollment in clinical trials of its lung cancer drug rociletinib, which targets T790m, a mutation responsible for...
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• The global, randomized phase III ALEX study was announced to have met its primary endpoint, demonstrating that alectinib (Alecensa), as an initial (first-line)...
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RECENT APPROVALS: Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) was approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors express...
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Tumors with high TMB responded well to combination in large patient population.
By now the results of the phase III CheckMate-227 study are known...
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• Dabrafenib and trametidnib (Tafinlar and Mekinist) received FDA approval for use in combination for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with...
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New Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines Will Save Lives
Reaction was swift and positive last week to new draft guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task...
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Nivolumab in the News
The dosing schedule for nivolumab now includes a flat dose of 480 mg infused every 4 weeks (Q4W) for a majority...
