Tag Archives: classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

October, 2017

3 October
FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Seattle Genetics’ Adcetris in Frontline Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma

BOTHELL, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 2, 2017– Seattle Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGEN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to ADCETRIS (brentuximab vedotin) in combination with chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of patients with advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma. The positive topline results of the phase 3 ECHELON-1 clinical trial …
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15 March
FDA Approves Merck’s Keytruda for Treatment of Patients with Difficult-to-Treat Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), the company’s anti-PD-1 (programmed death receptor-1) therapy, for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), or who …
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2 December
FDA Grants Merck’s Keytruda Priority Review in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), the company’s anti-PD-1 therapy, for the treatment of patients with refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma …
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18 May
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to BMS’ Opdivo for Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Opdivo®(nivolumab) for the treatment of patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) who have relapsed or progressed after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) and post-transplantation brentuximab vedotin.1 This accelerated approval is based on …
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20 April
FDA Grants Merck’s Keytruda Breakthrough Therapy in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), the company’s anti-PD-1 therapy, for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). This is …
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