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Industry News & Regulatory Approvals


  • US FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Tarlatamab-dlle for Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

    US FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Tarlatamab-dlle for Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    The first-in-class immunotherapy offers a new option for SCLC patients with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy.


  • European Commission OKs Tislelizumab for NSCLC

    European Commission OKs Tislelizumab for NSCLC

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    In other regulatory news, the US FDA recently granted a Breakthrough Therapy Designation for sunvozertinib for first-line treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR Exon 20 Insertion mutations.


  • ALINA Trial Leads to New Treatment Option for Early-Stage ALK+ NSCLC

    ALINA Trial Leads to New Treatment Option for Early-Stage ALK+ NSCLC

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    The US approved alectinib as adjuvant treatment based on a significant DFS benefit compared to chemotherapy.


  • Stark Contrast in Recent Tobacco Control Laws Worldwide

    Stark Contrast in Recent Tobacco Control Laws Worldwide

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals, Tobacco Control & Smoking Cessation

    The UK recently moved to ban smoking for individuals born after 2009 while the US delayed implementation of a ban on menthol cigarettes—again.


  • Regulatory News for April 24, 2024

    Regulatory News for April 24, 2024

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    US FDA grants accelerated approval of HER2-targeting antibody drug conjugate; China accepts supplemental new drug application for savolitinib.


  • US Food and Drug Administration Accepts New Drug Application for Ensartinib

    US Food and Drug Administration Accepts New Drug Application for Ensartinib

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    The filing was based on results from a global phase III study designed to compare the ALK inhibitor to crizotinib in the first-line treatment of ALK-positive NSCLC.


  • Regulating Artificial Intelligence

    Regulating Artificial Intelligence

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Evolving Standards of Care, Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    The US FDA’s Dr. Harpreet Singh talks with ILCN about what the increasing use of AI means for the agency as it works to ensure drugs and devices are safe and effective.


  • US FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Novel TKI Targeting HER2, EGFR

    US FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Novel TKI Targeting HER2, EGFR

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    The move was supported by preliminary evidence from a phase I, first-in-human study in patients with advanced NSCLC.


  • US FDA Approves Frontline Amivantamab Combination for Patients with EGFR exon 20 Insertion-mutated NSCLC

    US FDA Approves Frontline Amivantamab Combination for Patients with EGFR exon 20 Insertion-mutated NSCLC

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    The agency also granted approval to amivantamab as a treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations who progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy.


  • US Approves Osimertinib with Chemotherapy for EGFR+ NSCLC; Approvals Pending in Other Countries

    US Approves Osimertinib with Chemotherapy for EGFR+ NSCLC; Approvals Pending in Other Countries

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    Other recent regulatory moves include the FDA granting full approval to tepotinib for metastatic NSCLC harboring MET exon skipping alterations and new applications for amivantamab in the US and Europe.