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In March 2022, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab for the treatment of advanced endometrial cancer. [36] In January 2023, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab for adjuvant treatment following resection and platinum-based chemotherapy for stage IB (T2a ≥ 4 cm), II, or IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. [37]
Dostarlimab was approved for the treatment of endometrial cancer in both the United States and the European Union in April 2021. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 11 ] [ 8 ] [ 12 ] Based on the Garnet trial, dostarlimab gained accelerated approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in April 2021, [ 6 ] and full approval in February 2023.
It was approved in 2014. Nivolumab is approved to treat melanoma, lung cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancer, and Hodgkin's lymphoma. [16] Pembrolizumab (brand name Keytruda) is another PD-1 inhibitor that was approved by the FDA in 2014 and was the second checkpoint inhibitor approved in the United States. [17]
Wednesday, the FDA approved Merck & Co Inc’s (NYSE:MRK) Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with ...
Endometrial cancer ranks as the fourth most prevalent cancer among women in the U.S. In 2022, it affected more than 66,000 patients and was responsible for nearly 12,000 fatalities.
Tissue-agnostic cancer drugs are antineoplastic drugs that treat cancers based on the mutations that they display, instead of the tissue type in which they appear. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Tissue-agnostic drugs that have been approved for medical use include Pembrolizumab , Larotrectinib , Selpercatinib , Entrectinib , and Pralsetinib .
Elrexfio, or elranatamab, is administered under the skin and belongs to a class of therapies known as bispecific antibodies, that helps the body's immune system to kill cancerous cells by bringing ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved durvalumab for certain types of bladder, lung, and biliary tract cancer: [6] [13] [14]. Adults with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who either have disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy or have disease progression within twelve months of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with platinum ...