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- FDA grants accelerated approval to sunvozertinib for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations July 3, 2025On July 2, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to sunvozertinib (Zegfrovy, Dizal (Jiangsu) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) for adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test, whose disease has progressed on or...
- FDA grants accelerated approval to linvoseltamab-gcpt for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma July 2, 2025On July 2, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to linvoseltamab-gcpt (Lynozyfic, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), a bispecific B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed CD3 T-cell engager, for adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least four prior lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor (PI), an immunomodulatory agent (IMiD), and...
- FDA grants accelerated approval to datopotamab deruxtecan-dlnk for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer June 25, 2025On June 23, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to datopotamab deruxtecan-dlnk (Datroway, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.) for adults with locally advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have received prior EGFR-directed therapy and platinum-based chemotherapy.
- FDA approves tafasitamab-cxix for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma June 18, 2025On June 18, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration approved tafasitamab-cxix (Monjuvi, Incyte Corporation) with lenalidomide and rituximab for adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL).
- FDA approves neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab for resectable locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma June 16, 2025On June 12, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) for adults with resectable locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) whose tumors express PD-L1 [Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥1] as determined by an FDA-approved test, as a single agent as neoadjuvant treatment, continued as adjuvant treatment in combination with...
- FDA approves taletrectinib for ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer June 11, 2025On June 11, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration approved taletrectinib (Ibtrozi, Nuvation Bio Inc.), a kinase inhibitor, for adults with locally advanced or metastatic ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
- FDA approves darolutamide for metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer June 3, 2025On June 3, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved darolutamide (Nubeqa, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.) for metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC). The FDA previously approved darolutamide in combination with docetaxel for mCSPC.
- FDA approves retifanlimab-dlwr with carboplatin and paclitaxel and as a single agent for squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal May 16, 2025On May 15, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration approved retifanlimab-dlwr (Zynyz, Incyte Corporation) with carboplatin and paclitaxel for the first-line treatment of adults with inoperable locally recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal (SCAC). The FDA also approved retifanlimab-dlwr, as a single agent, for adults with locally recurrent or metastatic SCAC...
- FDA grants accelerated approval to telisotuzumab vedotin-tllv for NSCLC with high c-Met protein overexpression May 15, 2025On May 14, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to telisotuzumab vedotin-tllv (Emrelis, AbbVie Inc.), a c-Met-directed antibody and microtubule inhibitor conjugate, for adults with locally advanced or metastatic, non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with high c-Met protein overexpression [≥50% of tumor cells with strong (3+) staining], as determined by an...
- FDA approves belzutifan for pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma May 14, 2025On May 14, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration approved belzutifan (Welireg, Merck & Co., Inc.) for adult and pediatric patients 12 years and older with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma (PPGL). This represents the first FDA approval of an oral therapy for PPGL.