On December 22, 2014, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to nivolumab (OPDIVO, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company) for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma and disease progression following ipilimumab and, if...
On December 12, 2014, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration approved ramucirumab (Cyramza Injection, Eli Lilly and Company) for use in combination with docetaxel for the treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with disease progression...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new use for Jakafi (ruxolitinib) to treat patients with polycythemia vera, a chronic type of bone marrow disease. Jakafi is the first drug approved by the FDA for this condition.
On December 3, 2014, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for blinatumomab (BLINCYTO, Amgen Inc.) for the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-negative relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (R/R ALL).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for treatment of patients with advanced or unresectable melanoma who are no longer responding to other drugs. First PD-1 blocking drug to receive agency...