July 16, 2023

European Commission approves Opdivo + chemotherapy for neoadjuvant treatment of resectable non-small cell lung cancer at high risk of recurrence in adult patients with tumor cell PD-L1 expression greater than 1% – BMS

Bristol Myers Squibb announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the neoadjuvant treatment of resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at high risk of recurrence in adult patients with tumor cell PD-L1 expression greater than 1%. With this EC decision, Opdivo with chemotherapy becomes the first neoadjuvant immunotherapy-based treatment option approved […]

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June 7, 2023

Keytruda + chemotherapy before surgery and continued as a single agent after surgery reduced the risk of event-free survival events by 42% versus pre-operative chemotherapy in resectable Stage II, IIIA or IIIB NSCLC – Merck Inc

Merck known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced positive results from the pivotal Phase III KEYNOTE-671 trial evaluating Keytruda, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as a perioperative treatment regimen, which includes treatment before surgery (neoadjuvant) and after surgery (adjuvant), for patients with resectable stage II, IIIA or IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). After a median follow-up of […]

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February 27, 2022

NICE UK recommends Keytruda with carboplatin and paclitaxel for metastatic squamous non-small-cell lung cancer – Merck Inc

NICE (UK): Keytruda (pembrolizumab), from Merck Inc. with carboplatin and paclitaxel is recommended as an option for untreated metastatic squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in adults, only if their tumours express PD?L1 with a tumour proportion score of 0% to 49%, if their tumours express PD?L1 with a tumour proportion score of 50% or more and they need urgent clinical […]

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February 8, 2022

Phase III IMpower010 study of Tecentriq consistent with previous studies in NSCLC and published in The Lancet – Genentech/Roche

Genentech/Roche presented new data from the Phase III IMpower010 study at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2021 Presidential Symposium, reinforcing the significant disease-free survival (DFS) benefit offered by Tecentriq (atezolizumab) for people with Stage II-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors express PD-L1 at least 1%. Data from the IMpower010 trial were published simultaneously in The […]

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June 10, 2021

FDA approves Lumakras the first and only targeted treatment for KRAS G12C-mutated locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC – Amgen

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June 9, 2021

Long-term data from PACIFIC phase III trial at ASCO showed 33% of NSCLC patients remained progression-free at five years – AstraZeneca

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May 19, 2021

Tecentriq approved by European Commission as a first-line monotherapy treatment for people with a type of metastatic NSCLC – Roche

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