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Melphalan Flufenamide (PEPAXTO®) is now included in the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Multiple Myeloma Version 6.2021 – April 12, 2021 Category 2A1 Definitions for National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) Categories:   Category 2A: Based upon lower-level evidence, there is uniform NCCN consensus that the intervention is appropriate.   For more […]

On April 19, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) signed co-pay accumulator ban bill HB 2678 into law. This measure requires Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to include any amount paid by an enrollee, or on behalf of an enrollee, when calculating the enrollee’s out of pocket maximum, copay, coinsurance, deductible, or cost sharing requirement. The Oklahoma […]

Signatera Research Fund Natera supports independent research and education initiatives from the global healthcare community that align with Natera’s medical and scientific strategy for improving patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need. This year, Natera has allocated $1,000,000 for research initiatives that are focused on using Signatera to develop or refine specific and defined […]

Merck has announced that the FDA has approved KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) (tumors with epicenter 1 to 5 centimeters above the GEJ) carcinoma that is not amenable to surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation in combination with platinum- and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy. PD-L1 diagnostic testing is […]

Oncopeptides will host a seminar to explore a new therapy for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least four prior lines of therapy and whose disease is refractory to at least one proteasome inhibitor, one immunomodulatory agent, and one CD38-directed monoclonal antibody. Join OncLive® and Oncopeptides, along with experts […]

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and bluebird bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLUE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel; ide-cel) as the first B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell immunotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma after four or more prior lines […]

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Onureg® (azacitidine 300 mg tablets, CC-486) for the continued treatment of adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who achieved first complete remission (CR) or CR with incomplete blood count recovery (CRi) following intensive induction chemotherapy and who are not able […]

Bristol Myers Squibb today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel; liso-cel), a CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not […]

Oncopeptides AB (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: ONCO),  a global biotech company focused on the development of therapies for difficult-to-treat hematological diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved PEPAXTO® (melphalan flufenamide), known during clinical development as melflufen, in combination with dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple […]

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for XALKORI® (crizotinib) for the treatment of pediatric patients 1 year of age and older and young adults with relapsed or refractory, systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) that is anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive. The safety […]