Understanding relations between MRD and CAR T-Cell therapy
What is MRD in cancer treatment? Measurable Residual Disease, or MRD, is the name for the very few cancer cells that stay in the body after or during treatment. Flow cytometry, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or next-generati..
Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in neurological disorders
Neurological diseases are big problems around the world because they cause a lot of death and disability. Traditional treatments haven't always worked, which has led to a change toward new methods like cell-based therapies. Becau..
Orphan drug designation is given by FDA to CART T-Cell Therapy A2B530 for the treatment of colorectal cancer
In March 2024, a news release said that A2B530 (A2 Biotherapeutics), a CAR T-cell therapy, had been given Orphan Drug Designation to treat colorectal cancer that expresses carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and has lost HLA-A*02 expr..
Iovance’s Amtagvi is approved by USFDA as first T-cell therapy for a solid tumor
Iovance Biotherapeutics' first-of-its-kind immunotherapy was approved by the FDA. This means that T-cell therapy, which has changed the way some types of blood cancer are treated, can now be used directly on solid tumors.The drug..
Amivantamab-vmjw is approved by the USFDA for EGFR exon 20 insertion-mutated non-small cell lung cancer indications
The Food and Drug Administration approved amivantamab-vmjw (Rybrevant, Janssen Biotech, Inc.) in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed on March 1, 2024. Patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertio..
Osimertinib with chemotherapy is approved by the USFDA for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer
The Food and Drug Administration approved osimertinib (Tagrisso, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (la/mNSC..
Lifileucel is approved by the USFDA for unresectable or metastatic melanoma
The Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to lifileucel (Amtagvi, Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.) on February 16, 2024. This approval is for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma who have been..
Tepotinib is approved by the USFDA for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
The Food and Drug Administration officially approved tepotinib (Tepmetko, EMD Serono, Inc.) on February 15, 2024, for adult patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that had mesenchymal-epithelial transition (M..
Irinotecan liposome is approved by the USFDA for first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma
The Food and Drug Administration approved irinotecan liposome (Onivyde, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.) with oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and leucovorin on February 13, 2024, for treating metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma as the..
Erdafitinib is approved by USFDA for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma
Erdafitinib (Balversa, Janssen Biotech) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on January 19, 2024, for adult patients with FGFR3 genetic changes who have locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC). Patie..