Drug approval roundup – May/June 2024
This article highlights some of the key regulatory approvals granted in May and June in the EU and US so far this year, including for oligonucleotide and biologic therapies.
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This article highlights some of the key regulatory approvals granted in May and June in the EU and US so far this year, including for oligonucleotide and biologic therapies.
The new approval of KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) combined with chemotherapy is indicated for certain patients with the most common gynaecologic cancer, according to Merck/MSD.
The novel combination cancer therapy facilitated “exceptional” responses in some patients enrolled in a Phase II study for endometrial cancer.
The EC’s approval of the immuno-oncology treatment “will define a new standard of care for certain patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer in the EU,” says principal investigator of the RUBY trial.
The first new treatment option approved for mismatch repair deficient (dMMR)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer in decades has been authorised by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
GSK receives FDA accelerated approval for Jemperli for adults with mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) recurrent or advanced solid tumours.
Jemperli (dostarlimab) was granted accelerated approval after 42.3 percent recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer patients with deficient mismatch repair responded in a trial.
The EMA’s committee adopted positive opinions of six medications, including two orphan drugs, and concluded its review of the use of REGN-COV2 – an investigational antibody therapy for COVID-19.
A study has shown that the use of oral contraceptives gave women a much lower risk of developing both ovarian and endometrial cancer.