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Trodelvy has been Approved for ER+/HER2- Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancers

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The FDA approval is an important step forward for both women and men living with metastatic breast cancer, especially for those individuals whose tumor is no longer responding to endocrine-based therapies and who are facing a poor prognosis,” said Laura Carfang, executive director, SurvivingBreastCancer.org, in the press release.

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J&J’s Akeega Approved as First Combo Treatment for BRCA-Positive Prostate Cancer

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Akeega is approved for use with the corticosteroid prednisone in adults with BRCA1/2 mutations (germline and/or somatic) in whom chemotherapy is not clinically indicated. Lynparza received FDA approval in May 2020 for mCRPC in patients with homologous recombinational repair ( HRR ) gene mutations.

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GSK receives FDA accelerated approval for JEMPERLI (dostarlimab-gxly) for adult patients with mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) recurrent or advanced solid tumours

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Second FDA approved indication for dostarlimab in 2021 GARNET study demonstrated objective response rate of 41.6% This indication received accelerated approval based on tumour response rate and durability of response. This approval was based on data from cohort A1, which included 71 patients with dMMR endometrial cancer.

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Top 30 Pharma and Biotech Companies in 2023: Statistics and Trends

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Comirnaty was first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in August 2021 for individuals over the age of 16. It contains the antiviral medications nirmatrelvir and ritonavir. In addition, the FDA approved Pfizer’s pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine, Prevnar 20, for the first time in June 2021.

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US FDA Advisory Committee votes in favour of maintaining accelerated approval of Roche’s Tecentriq for PD-L1-positive, metastatic triple-negative breast cancer

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Today’s ODAC meeting is part of an industry-wide review of accelerated approvals with confirmatory trials that have not met their primary endpoint(s) and have yet to gain regular approvals. About triple-negative breast cancer Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women with more than 2 million diagnosed worldwide each year.1

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Pfizer Responds to Research Claims

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This research provides a way for us to rapidly assess the ability of an existing vaccine to induce antibodies that neutralize a newly identified variant of concern. Contraception: Use of ritonavir may reduce the efficacy of combined hormonal contraceptives.

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FDA Approves Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in Combination With Padcev® (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) for First-Line Treatment of Certain Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

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First approved therapeutic regimen that combines an anti-PD-1 and an antibody-drug conjugate in the US in these patients Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the U.S. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on tumor response rate and durability of response.