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FDA gives AbbVie’s c-Met lung cancer ADC a breakthrough tag

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The FDA thinks an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) developed by AbbVie could set new standards in treatment for certain patients with lung cancer, awarding the drug breakthrough status. Hutchmed’s drug is also being paired with Tagrisso and AZ’s PD-L1 blocker Imfinzi (durvalumab) in global registrational trials.

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PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (May 29 - June 02, 2023)

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Impact Therapeutics Entered into a License and Collaboration Agreement with Eikon Therapeutics to Develop and Commercialize IMP1734 Date: June 02, 2023 | Tags: Impact Therapeutics, Eikon Therapeutics, IMP1734, Pharma, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan BMS’ Mavacamten Receives the NICE Recommendation for the Treatment of Obstructive Hypertrophic (..)

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FDA gives Daiichi Sankyo’s HER3 drug a breakthrough tag

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Daiichi Sankyo has been granted breakthrough status by the FDA for patritumab deruxtecan, a HER3-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) in clinical trials for lung cancer. HER3 is expressed in more than 80% of EGFR-mutant NSCLC, and overexpression is associated with poor outcomes, but no HER3-targeted drugs have been approved to date.

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PharmaShots Weekly Snapshots (January 23 - 27, 2023)

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Magenta Therapeutics Pauses the P-I/II Study in AML Patients Date: Jan 27, 2023 | Tags: Magenta Therapeutics, MGTA-117, AML, Clinical Trial, P-I/II Ipsen Receives CHMP Negative Opinion for Palovarotene to Treat Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Date: Jan 27, 2023 | Tags: Ipsen, Palovarotene, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, Regulatory, CHMP, (..)

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Roche nabs breakthrough tag for TIGIT cancer immunotherapy

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Roche’s closely-watched combination of two checkpoint inhibitors – TIGIT-targeting tiragolumab and PD-L1 drug Tecentriq – has claimed breakthrough status from the FDA. Roche’s drug is already FDA-approved as a monotherapy and in combination with Avastin (bevacizumab) and chemotherapy for previously-untreated NSCLC with high PD-L1 expression.

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Enhertu gets breakthrough tag in HER2-low breast cancer

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AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo have claimed a fifth breakthrough designation from the FDA for Enhertu, shortly after showing the drug extended survival in patients with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer. Drugs given the designation are hastened through the development process by the FDA, which can grant them a faster six-month review.

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CHMP backs J&J’s myeloma bispecific Tecvayli, ahead of US decision

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The new drug is one of two bispecifics for multiple myeloma in the late-stage pipeline of J&J’s Janssen division stemming from its longstanding and fertile collaboration with Danish biotech Genmab, along with talquetamab which binds to CD3 and GPRC5D. In the MagnetisMM-3 trial, elranatamab was associated with an ORR of 60.6%

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