Industry News

2023

From Merck: Merck has announced an additional indication for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) Injection 100mg. Click here for more information.

From Sanofi:  Sanofi invites you to see JETVANA® (cabazitaxel) injection head-to-head clinical data.  Learn more here.  Please see full Prescribing Information, including Boxed Warning.

From Merck: Merck has announced an additional indication for Keytruda (pembrolizumab). Click here for more information.

2022

From BeiGene: For appropriate business and planning purposes, BeiGene USA, Inc. would like to direct your attention to this link for the December 13, 2022 press release highlighting late-breaking clinical information presented at the 2022 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting: click here.

From Sanofi: Sanofi is pleased to announce that SARCLISA® (isatuximab-irfc) is now approved, in combination with carfilzomib and dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received 1 to 3 prior lines of therapy. For more information, click here. Read the press release.

From G1 Therapeutics and Boehringer Ingelheim: G1 Therapeutics and Boehringer Ingelheim announce commercial availability of COSELATM (trilaciclib). For more information please see the press release here and visit www.COSELA.com.

From Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca: Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca are excited to announce that ENHERTU® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) is now approved for a new indication. ENHERTU is a HER2-directed antibody and topoisomerase inhibitor conjugate that was recently approved for use in adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who have received a prior trastuzumab-based regimen. More information can be found here. Please be aware of the “Boxed Warnings” and other important safety information. For example, “ENHERTU has Boxed WARNINGS for Interstitial Lung Disease/Pneumonitis and Embryo-Fetal Toxicity. Please review full Prescribing Information for additional information.

From AstraZeneca: AstraZeneca has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TAGRISSO® (osimertinib) for adjuvant therapy after tumor resection in adult patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test. Find out more.

From Gilead: FDA grants accelerated approval to TRODELVY® for the treatment of metastatic urothelial cancer. Click here for more information.

From Gilead: FDA Approves TRODELVY®, the first treatment for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer shown to improve progression-free survival and overall survival. Click here for more information.

From Sanofi: Sanofi is pleased to announce that SARCLISA® (isatuximab-irfc) is now approved, in combination with carfilzomib and dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received 1 to 3 prior lines of therapy. For more information, click here. Read the press release .

From EMD Serono Inc.:  EMD Serono, Inc. is pleased to announce that on February 3, 2021 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved TEPMETKO® (tepotinib). Please see Full Prescribing Information for TEPMETKO (tepotinib) for more information.

From Gilead: Gilead has announced that CMS has issued a new J-Code for TRODELVY (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) and published the payment limits and the NDC to HCPCs cross-walk file on their website. Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2021, the new HCPCS code for TRODELVY is J9317 and the billing increment is 2.5 mg. Find out more.