The FDA granted the approval of Rozlytrek™ (entrectnib) for the treatment of adults with ROS1-positive, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), The FDA has also granted accelerated approval to Rozlytrek for the treatment of [...]
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals has released positive results from their INVICTUS Phase 3 Clinical Study of Ripretinib in patients with GIST. They have also updated results from the Phase 1 Study. Deciphera shared that "patients treated [...]
Blueprint Medicines Announces FDA Acceptance of New Drug Application for Avapritinib for the Treatment of PDGFRA Exon 18 Mutant GIST and Fourth-Line GIST Blueprint Medicines announced today that the FDA and the EMA have [...]
New Drug Approved for Patients with Rare Gene Fusion By Sara Rothschild, MPH, Vice President, Program Services & Jerry Call, Data Analyst The Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval on November 26th to [...]
On September 19, 2016 the Life Raft Group was pleased to have Dr. Benjamin D. Humphreys, Chief of the Division of Nephrology at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, share his knowledge [...]
On February 1, 2016, there was a commercial launch of the generic version of imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) which is approved for CML patients by the FDA. As the first to file for generic marketing [...]
On February 1, 2016, the commercial launch of the generic version of imatinib mesylate (Gleevec), originally for CML (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia), was approved by the FDA and became available for the first time in the United States through Sun Pharmaceuticals. In response to this transition, the LRG provided an educational Webinar to the CML and GIST communities on March 18th entitled “Generic Imatinib: Gaining Perspective.”
A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Oncology found that the use of adjuvant systemic therapy with imatinib for GIST has increased significantly over time, and that patients treated with the [...]
A recent study published in the JAMA Internal Medicine reports a link between the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and an increased risk of kidney disease. More research is warranted to show PPIs [...]
On February 1, 2016, the commercial launch of the generic version of imatinib mesylate (Gleevec), for CML (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia) was approved by the FDA after the Novartis patent expiration and will become available for the first time in the United States through Sun Pharmaceuticals.
