Merck, Johnson & Johnson Announce Acquisitions to Bolster Respective Oncology Pipelines
January 9th 2024Merck has acquired Harpoon Therapeutics with its clinical stage T-cell engager, whereas Johnson & Johnson acquired Ambrx Biopharma with its expertise in next generation antibody drug conjugates and targeted oncologic therapies.
FDA Issues Complete Response Letter to Astellas for Zolbetuximab BLA for GEJ Adenocarcinoma
January 9th 2024The FDA was unable to approve the Biologics License Application for zolbetuximab because of deficiencies found in a third-party manufacturing facility for the drug, which is under evaluation to treat patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
FDA Grants Priority Review to Pfizer and Genmab's Tivdak for Cervical Cancer Treatment
January 9th 2024Supplemental Biologics License Application would convert the accelerated approval granted to Tivdak (tisotumab vedotin-tftv) to a full approval for patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with disease progression on or after first-line therapy.
Novartis Announces Positive Findings for Scemblix in Newly Diagnosed Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
January 8th 2024Scemblix (asciminib) plus investigators’ choice of tyrosine kinase inhibitor showed clinically meaningful and statistically significant data in patients newly diagnosed with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase.
FDA Grants Fast Track, Breakthrough Designations to CG Oncology Inc’s Cretostimogene Grenadenorepvec
January 4th 2024Cretostimogene grenadenorepvec (CG0070) is currently being evaluated for the treatment of patients with high-risk Bacillus Calmette-Guérin–unresponsive non–muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ with or without Ta or T1 tumors.
FDA Fast Tracks Candel Therapeutics' Novel Treatment for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
January 3rd 2024Study results show an estimated 71.4% survival rate after both 24 and 36 months with aglatimagene besadenovec (CAN-2409) in combination with valacyclovir for the treatment of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma compared with 16.7% in the control group.