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Takeda Announces FDA Accelerated Approval of Alunbrig (brigatinib)

Cambridge, Mass. and Osaka, Japan – April 28, 2017 – Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) today announced that Alunbrig (brigatinib) has received Accelerated Approval from the U.S. Food a...

Tagrisso (osimertinib) Receives FDA Full Approval

31 March 2017 – AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval for Tagrisso (osimertinib) 80mg once-daily tablets, for the treatment of patients...

FDA Approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for First-Line Treatment of Certain Patients with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) October 24, 2016 --Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has...

FDA Approves Genentech’s Cancer Immunotherapy Tecentriq (Atezolizumab) for People with a Specific Type of Metastatic Lung Cancer

South San Francisco, CA – October 18, 2016 – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Tecentriq...

FDA Expands Use of Xalkori (crizotinib) to Treat ROS-1 Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

March 11, 2016 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Xalkori (crizotinib) to treat people with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have an ROS-1...

Teikoku Pharma USA, Inc. Announces FDA Approval of Docetaxel Injection, Non-Alcohol Formula

San Jose, Calif. - December 28, 2015 - Teikoku Pharma USA (TPU) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has approved Docetaxel Injection, Non-Alcohol Formula ("Docetaxel...

FDA Approves Alecensa (alectinib) for ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

December 11, 2015 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Alecensa (alectinib) to treat people with advanced (metastatic) ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease...

FDA Approves Portrazza (necitumumab) for Advanced Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

November 24, 2015 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Portrazza (necitumumab) in combination with two forms of chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) squamous...

FDA Approves Tagrisso (osimertinib) for EGFR T790M Mutation-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for an oral medication to treat patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Tagrisso (osimertinib) is now...

FDA Expands Approved Use of Opdivo (nivolumab) in Advanced Lung Cancer

October 9, 2015 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer whose disease progressed during or...

FDA Approves Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

October 2, 2015 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer...

FDA Approves Iressa (gefitinib) for First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

July 13, 2015 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Iressa (gefitinib) for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors...

FDA Expands Approved use of Opdivo (nivolumab) to Treat Lung Cancer

March 4, 2015 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...

FDA Expands Approved use of Cyramza to Treat Aggressive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Cyramza (ramucirumab) to treat patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The most common type of lung...

FDA Approves Zykadia (ceritinib) for Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

April 29, 2014 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Zykadia (ceritinib) for patients with a certain type of late-stage (metastatic) non-small cell lung...

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