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FDA approves eflornithine for adult and pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma

FDA approves eflornithine for adult and pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma

  • First FDA approval of a therapy intended to reduce the risk of relapse in pediatric patients with HRNB

  • Efficacy was evaluated in an externally controlled trial comparing outcomes from Study 3b (investigational arm) and Study ANBL0032 (clinical trial-derived external control arm)

  • EFS HR was 0.48 (95% CI: 0.27, 0.85) and OS HR was 0.32 (95% CI: 0.15, 0.70)

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European Commission Grant Conditional MA to Pfizer’s ELREXFIO® for Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma

European Commission Grant Conditional MA to Pfizer’s ELREXFIO® for Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma

  • CMA based on clinically meaningful response rates, duration of response, and safety from the Phase 2 MagnetisMM-3 trial

  • ORR 61.0% (75/123); 35.0% ≥complete response. Fifty responders switched to biweekly dosing, and 40 (80.0%) improved or maintained their response for ≥6 months

  • With median follow-up of 14.7 months, median duration of response, PFS & OS (secondary endpoints) have not been reached

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FDA grants accelerated approval to pirtobrutinib for 3L CLL/SLL

FDA grants accelerated approval to pirtobrutinib for 3L CLL/SLL

  • Approval based on BRUIN (NCT03740529], an open-label, single-arm, multicohort trial (N=108)

  • ORR was 72% (95% CI: 63, 80), DOR was 12.2 months (95% CI: 9.3, 14.7). All responses were partial responses

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FDA approves repotrectinib for ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer

FDA approves repotrectinib for ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer

➤ First FDA approval that includes patients with ROS1-positive NSCLC who have previously received a ROS1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), in addition to patients who are TKI naïve

➤ Traditional approval was granted on one single-arm study, utilizing high and durable responses for approval - 79% ORR in the ROS1 TKI naïve group, median DOR was 34.1 months; 38% ORR in those receiving prior treatment with a ROS1 inhibitor, median DOR 14.8 months

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Truqap (capivasertib) plus Faslodex approved in the US for patients with advanced HR-positive breast cancer

Truqap (capivasertib) plus Faslodex approved in the US for patients with advanced HR-positive breast cancer

➤ First-in-class AKT inhibitor has potential to reshape treatment for breast cancer patients with specific biomarker alterations (PIK3CA, AKT1 or PTEN)

➤ Truqap+Faslodex reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 50% vs.Faslodex alone in patients with tumours harbouring PI3K/AKT pathway biomarker alterations (HR 0.50, 95% confidence interval 0.38-0.65; p=<0.001; median PFS 7.3 versus 3.1 months)

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BeiGene Receives European Commission Approval for BRUKINSA® (zanubrutinib) for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma

BeiGene Receives European Commission Approval for BRUKINSA® (zanubrutinib) for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma

  • BRUKINSA is the first and only BTK inhibitor approved for follicular lymphoma in the European Union

  • ORR was 69.0% in the BRUKINSA plus obinutuzumab arm versus 45.8% in the obinutuzumab arm (P = 0.0012), with a median follow-up of approximately 20 months

  • Responses were durable with an 18-month DOR of 69.3% in the BRUKINSA combination arm

  • Median PFS was 28.0 months vs. 10.4 months for obinutuzumab alone (HR: 0.50 [95% CI: 0.33, 0.75]; P = 0.0007)

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FDA approves first novel PD-1 developed in China; US trial to come post-approval

FDA approves first novel PD-1 developed in China; US trial to come post-approval

  • 100% of pivotal study participants were Asian. Approval comes with a post-marketing commitment to conduct a clinical trial enrolling 100 patients in the U.S. and Canada, that includes a sufficient representation of patients in racial and ethnic minority subgroups and is reflective of the U.S. population of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)

  • Loqtorzi (toripalimab) is the first FDA approved treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

  • Developed by Shanghai Junshi Biosciences in collaboration with Coherus BioSciences, Loqtorzi becomes the first Chinese PD-1 to gain FDA approval

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European approval for AbbVie's TEPKINLY® (epcoritamab) for Adults with Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma

European approval for AbbVie's TEPKINLY® (epcoritamab) for Adults with Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma

  • TEPKINLY® (epcoritamab) is the first and only subcutaneous bispecific antibody approved as a monotherapy for adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy

  • Conditional marketing authorization approval from the European Commission is supported by data from the pivotal Phase 1/2 EPCORE™ NHL-1 clinical trial

  • ORR 62% & a CR rate of 39%; median DOR was 15.5 months (range: 9.7, not reached)

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