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CHMP Updates - January'26
Highlights from the CHMP Jan 2026 Meeting are out! Indication Expansions π Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine's niraparib & abiraterone acetate co-formulation (Akeega; PARP x CYP17 inhibitor) is indicated with prednisone or prednisolone in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) and BRCA 1/2 mutations (germline and/or somatic) π Incyte and Takeda's ponatinib (Iclusig

Oncofocus Team
Feb 91 min read
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Oncology Updates - Key Oncology News
March 1st Week, 2025 Regulatory Events π― Bristol Myers Squibbβ nivolumab (anti-PD-1) + ipilimumab (anti-CTLA-4) has been approved by the EC as a first-line Tx for unresectable or advanced HCC. (Ref 1) β How do the outcomes of nivolumab + ipilimumab compare against the previously approved Tx options for the first-line HCC? π― Johnson & Johnson's amivantamab (EGFR x MET BsAb) + lazertinib (EGFR TKI) has been approved by the UK's MHRA for EGFR mutant, metastatic NSCLC. (Ref 2)

Oncofocus Team
Jun 23, 20252 min read
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CHMP Updates - May'25
Highlights from the CHMP May 2025 Meeting are out! β New Medicines π Autolus Therapeutics' obecabtagene autoleucel (Aucatzyl; CD19 CAR-T cell therapy) for the treatment of adults from 26 years of age with R/R B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia π Positive opinion recommending the granting of a conditional marketing authorisation π GSK's belantamab mafodotin (Blenrep; anti-BCMA ADC) for the treatment of adults with R/R multiple myeloma: πIn combination with bort

Oncofocus Team
Jun 20, 20252 min read
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CHMP Updates - February'25
Highlights from the CHMP Feb 2025 Meeting are out! Here are the positive recommendations in the Oncology space: β New Therapies: π Regeneron's linvoseltamab (BCMA x CD3 BsAb) mono for the treatment of adult patients with R/R multiple myeloma who have received at least 3 prior therapies, including a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory agent, and an anti-CD38, and have demonstrated disease progression on the last therapy β Indication expansions: π AstraZeneca's acalabru

Oncofocus Team
Jun 20, 20252 min read
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CHMP Updates - January'25
Highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) January 2025 Meeting are out! Here are the positive recommendations in the Oncology space (Ref 1): β New Therapies: π AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's datopotamab deruxtecan (TROP2-directed ADC) for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer (post-endocrine therapy + chemo) π Pfizer, Zai Lab, and Genmab's tisotumab vedotin (tissue factor-di

Oncofocus Team
Jun 20, 20251 min read
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