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Pegfilgrastim Biosimilar for Treatment of Neutropenia Launches

Pharmacy Times

Pegfilgrastim-pbbk is a leukocyte growth factor developed to reduce the onset of infection in patients with non-myeloid malignancies administered myelosuppressive anticancer medications associated with a clinically significant rate of febrile neutropenia.

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Health Canada gives approval to Enhertu for breast cancer treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

Enhertu’s safety profile was consistent with the previous clinical trials. Diarrhoea, decreased appetite, constipation, fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, neutropenia, vomiting, anaemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, increased transaminases, nausea, and alopecia are the most common adverse reactions observed in the trial.

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US FDA approves Regeneron-Sanofi’s Kevzara to treat polymyalgia rheumatica

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The regulatory approval is based on the data obtained from the randomised Phase III SAPHYR clinical trial, which was conducted in steroid-resistant active PMR patients. The trial met its primary endpoint, with 28% of patients treated with Kevzara achieving sustained remission compared to 10% for placebo at 52 weeks.

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Solving the taxing problems of taxanes?

European Pharmaceutical Review

First, they are associated with a variety of toxicities, including neutropenia, neuropathy, hypersensitivity, alopecia and gastrointestinal issues. Potential of oral taxanes and initial outcomes in the clinic. However, severe neutropenia and some gastrointestinal toxicities were worse compared to q3w IV paclitaxel.

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China’s NMPA approves Daiichi Sankyo-AstraZeneca’s breast cancer therapy

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The regulatory approval is based on the data obtained from the open-label, head-to-head, randomised, international Phase III DESTINY-Breast03 clinical trial. In the study, Enhertu showed a 72% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death compared to T-DM1 and a consistent safety profile with previous clinical trials.

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FDA rejects Spectrum’s lung cancer drug poziotinib

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In review documents published ahead of the ODAC meeting, the agency took issue with what it described as marginal efficacy in clinical trials of the drug, high toxicity rates, and concerns about the dose selected for study. The post FDA rejects Spectrum’s lung cancer drug poziotinib appeared first on.

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#ASH22: Pirtobrutinib emerges as an option for Richter’s Transformation

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Due to the rarity of the disease, no FDA-approved therapy exists specifically for RT, and these patients are treated using regimens derived from the DLBCL treatment paradigm and other small-scale clinical trials. The most common Grade ≥3 treatment-related adverse events were neutropenia at 20%, hypertension at 3%, and hemorrhage.

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