Enhertu has been approved by the FDA for indications in breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. Image credit: David A Litman | stock.adobe.com The FDA has granted Priority Review to a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) from AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s for Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan [DXd]) to treat adults with previously treated unresectable or metastatic human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2)-positive (immunohistochemistry [IHC] 3+) solid tumors with no satisfactory alternative therapeutic options.1 Enhertu is a HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) with approved indications in breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma. “Today’s Priority Review for the first tumor-agnostic submission for Enhertu reflects the potential of this medicine to redefine the treatment of HER2-expressing cancers,” Susan Galbraith, executive vice president, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, in a press release. “Biomarkers for HER2 expression are already established in breast and gastric cancers, but we must now define them across tumor types. ...
Recently, Hengrui Pharmaceuticals’ subsidiary Chengdu Shengdi Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. has received notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the company’s abbreviated new drug application (ANDA, i.e., U.S. generic application) for the filing of tacrolimus extended-release capsule has been approved for production and marketing in the U.S. market. The product is indicated for use in combination with other immunosuppressive agents for the prevention of graft rejection following kidney transplantation in adults. The Company’s tacrolimus extended-release capsule is the first generic of this product approved for marketing by the U.S. FDA, and is also the first generic product approved for marketing in China. Tacrolimus is the core basic immunosuppressant after transplantation, which belongs to calmodulin neural phosphatase inhibitor (CNI), and its mechanism of action is to inhibit the expression and/or production of various cytokines, such as IL-1β, IL-2, IFN-γ, TNF-α, etc., by inhibiting the activity of calmodulin phosphatase, and ...
Mike Hollan The agency recognized the medication as a significant advancement for the treatment of IPF. Daewoong Pharmaceuticals The European Medicines Agency (EMA) granted its orphan drug designation to bersiporocin, a medication developed by Daewoong Pharmaceuticals. The drug earned the title for its treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Daewoong Pharmaceuticals describes the drug as the world’s first PRS inhibitor for IPF. In a press release, Daewoong Pharmaceutical CEO Seng-ho Jeon said, “With Bersiporocin’s global recognition and its clinical advancements, we are more committed than ever to delivering this promising treatment to IPF patients, potentially transforming the landscape of this challenging disease.” IPF is a rare disease and only has about 13 cases per 100,000 people across the entire planet. It is a serious condition and the 5-year survival rate is about 40%. Patients with the condition suffer from a reduction of lung function due to a build-up of ...
Merck’s unique approval for Keytruda as a postsurgical treatment for resectable kidney cancer has gained new backing in the form of data showing the PD-1 inhibitor can extend patients’ lives. Keytruda slashed the risk of death by 38% compared with placebo when used after kidney removal in patients with clear cell renal carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer, according to newly released trial results. After four years of treatment, investigators estimated that 91.2% of patients in the Keytruda arm were still alive, versus 86% for the control group. The results, which reached statistical significance, come from an update of the Keynote-564 trial. Previously, disease-free survival results from the same trial supported Keytruda’s 2021 approval as an adjuvant therapy for certain kidney cancer patients at risk of recurrence after surgery. Keytruda’s survival win comes just as Bristol Myers Squibb’s rival PD-1 inhibitor, Opdivo, failed for a second time in ...
(“AOSAIKANG”) has completed the registration clinical phase III study of ASKB589, a bio-innovative drug independently developed by AskGene Limited (“AskGene”), for the treatment of first-line advanced gastric cancer. ASKB589, a bio-innovation drug independently developed by AskGene Limited (“AskGene”), for the treatment of first-line advanced gastric cancer, has been administered to the first patient in China in the Phase III registration study: I. About the Registrational Clinical Phase III Study of ASKB589 The study is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, standard treatment-controlled, efficacy-designed Phase III clinical study, which is planned to enroll 780 first-line gastric cancer patients in China, with the aim of evaluating the efficacy and efficacy of ASKB589 Injection or placebo in combination with CAPOX (oxaliplatin and capecitabine) and PD-1 inhibitor in the first-line treatment of CLDN18.2-positive unresectable locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic gastric and esophageal cancers, and to assess the efficacy and efficacy of the study. efficacy and safety ...
INNOCARE Pharmaceuticals Limited (the “Company” or “INNOCARE”) is currently in the clinical phase of registration of its innovative drug zurletrectinib (ICP-723). zurletrectinib (ICP-723) has shown favorable safety and efficacy in adult and adolescent (12 to 18 years old) patients. zurletrectinib (ICP-723) has demonstrated a favorable safety and efficacy profile in adults and adolescents (12 to 18 years of age), and has recently completed the first case of administration in a pediatric patient (2 to 12 years of age), initiating the first clinical study in a pediatric patient. The main information is announced as follows: I. Introduction of ICP-723 Zurletrectinib (ICP-723) is INNOCARE’s proprietary second-generation pan TRK small molecule inhibitor for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors harboring NTRK fusion genes who have not received TRK inhibitor therapy and who are resistant to first-generation TRK inhibitors. Zurletrectinib (ICP-723) can effectively inhibit not only TRKA, TRKB, and TRKC ...
January 23, 2024 Pharmaceutical Executive Editorial Staff The EVOKE-01 trial compared Trodelvy with docetaxel for the treatment of patients with metastatic or advanced non-small cell lung cancer who progressed on or following platinum-based chemotherapy and checkpoint inhibitor therapy.Image credit: Dr_Microbe | stock.adobe.com Data from the Phase III EVOKE-01 trial (NCT05089734) show that Gilead Sciences, Inc’s Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) did not achieve the primary endpoint of overall survival (OS) in patients with previously treated, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).EVOKE-01 was comparing Trodelvy with docetaxel for the treatment of patients with metastatic or advanced NSCLC who progressed on or following platinum-based chemotherapy and checkpoint inhibitor therapy. “The totality of our data gives us continued confidence in Trodelvy’s potential in metastatic NSCLC, and in our broader lung cancer clinical development program,” said Gilead Sciences Chief Medical Officer Merdad Parsey, MD, PhD, in a press release. “Treating metastatic NSCLC that has progressed on or ...
More than five years after an FDA accelerated approval in a subtype of progressive colorectal cancer, Bristol Myers Squibb now has data supporting its checkpoint inhibitor doublet in newly diagnosed patients. But another approval may have to wait. The dual immunotherapy combo of Opdivo and Yervoy cut the risk of disease progression or death by 79% compared with chemotherapy—with or without targeted therapies—in patients newly diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer that was microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair-deficient (MSI-H/dMMR). Investigators shared the results, from the CheckMate 8HW study, at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. After about two years of median follow-up, 72% of patients who received the anti-PD-1/CTLA-4 combo were alive without disease progression, versus 14% in the control group. The results “have potentially practice-changing implications” for previously untreated MSI-H/dMMR metastatic colorectal cancer, lead study author Thierry Andre, M.D., from the Sorbonne Université in Paris, said in a ...
The American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Oncology Symposium (ASCO GI) 2024 has been successfully concluded. CHIATAI TIANQING Pharmaceutical Group’s Class 1 innovative drugs Anrotinib (small molecule multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor), Paianprilizumab (PD-1 inhibitor) and Behmosubaisumab (TQB2450, PD-L1 inhibitor) have been selected to be presented at the poster session this time with a total of 11 studies, which are related to the field of GI tumors with liver metastasis, esophageal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, tumors of the biliary tract system, and colorectal cancer. ALTER-G-001 is a multi-cohort, multi-center phase II study, and updated results from Cohort A were presented at this ASCO GI meeting. Patients in Cohort A were treated with 6 cycles (3 weeks each) of anilotinib (12 mg, po, qd, d1-14, q3w) + oxaliplatin (130 mg/m2, iv, d1, q3w) + capecitabine (850 mg/m2, po, bid, d1-14, q3w), and if liver metastases were not converted to resectable on ...
Gilead Sciences said even though Trodelvy missed the main goal of its Phase 3 test in non-small cell lung cancer, the drug’s preliminary results show numerical improvement in patients whose disease did not respond to prior treatment with immunotherapy. The company plans to discuss with regulators a possible path forward in these patients. By FRANK VINLUAN Sales for Gilead Sciences cancer drug Trodelvy are growing, but the company is counting on additional approvals to boost the product to blockbuster status and justify the premium price it paid to acquire the therapy. The drug’s failure in a pivotal lung cancer study is a setback to that strategy. Treatment with Trodelvy, an antibody drug conjugate (ADC), fell short of a Phase 3 study’s main goal of showing statistically significant improvement in overall survival in patients with advanced cases of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Gilead announced Monday. Nevertheless, the company pointed to numerical ...
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