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The FDA recently approved axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta – Kite), a CD19-directed genetically modified cellular product, for treatment of large B-cell lymphoma that is refractory to first-line chemoimmunotherapy or that relapses within 12 months of first-line treatment. It was previously approved for treatment of relapsed or refractory B-cell lymphoma after ≥2 lines of systemic therapy and for treatment of relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after ≥2 lines of systemic therapy. Yescarta is an individualized cellular product prepared from the patient's own T cells,...

The FDA has approved lisocabtagene maraleucel (Breyanzi – BMS) for treatment of adults with large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL), including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified, high-grade B-cell lymphoma, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, or follicular lymphoma grade 3B who have disease refractory to first-line chemoimmunotherapy, relapsed within 12 months of or after first-line chemoimmunotherapy, are not eligible for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation due to comorbidities or age, or have relapsed or refractory disease after ≥2 lines of...

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The antisense oligonucleotide viltolarsen (Viltepso – NS Pharma) has received accelerated approval from the FDA for treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients who have mutations of the dystrophin gene that are amenable to exon 53 skipping (DMD-53). It is the second drug to be approved for this indication; the antisense oligonucleotide golodirsen (Vyondys 53) was approved in 2019.

Brella Sweat Control Patch (Candesant Biomedical), a sodium-containing transdermal patch, has been cleared by the FDA for in-office treatment of primary axillary hyperhidrosis in adults. It is the first patch to be approved in the US for this indication.

The RAS GTPase family inhibitor adagrasib (Krazati – BMS), which received accelerated approval for treatment of KRAS G12C (glycine-to-cysteine mutation at codon 12)-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in 2022, has now received accelerated approval from the FDA for use with cetuximab for treatment of KRAS G12C-mutated locally advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) in adults who received prior fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-based chemotherapy. Adagrasib is the first KRAS inhibitor to be approved in the US for treatment...

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