Lung Cancer Drugs

FDA Approves Adjuvant Pembrolizumab for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment

Keytruda (Pembrolizumab) | Lung Cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Pembrolizumab for adjuvant treatment following resection and platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with [...]

U.S. FDA Approves Lung Cancer Drug, Adagrasib

Adagrasib
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for Mirati Therapeutics’ Krazati (adagrasib) for treatment of mutated locally [...]

FDA Grants Approval to Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for HER2 Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer
Lung cancer patients now have another treatment option. For those tumors carrying HER2 mutations, can now be treated with trastuzumab deruxtecan. This drug is [...]

FDA Approves FoundationOne CDx in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the FoundationOne CDx as a companion diagnostic to guide treatment selection for patients with non-small [...]

FDA Approves Nivolumab Plus Chemo as Neoadjuvant Therapy for NSCLC Treatment

Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
The FDA has approved nivolumab plus platinum-doublet chemotherapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer in the neoadjuvant setting. Nivolumab is the [...]

European Commission Approves Pfizer’s Lorviqua for Advanced Lung Cancer Treatment

Lung Cancer
European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for Lorviqua as monotherapy for treatment of patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) – [...]

US FDA Approves Roche’s Tecentriq as Adjuvant Treatment for Early NSCLC

Tecentriq | NSCLC
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Roche’s Tecentriq or atezolizumab as adjuvant treatment for patients with Stage II-IIIA non-small cell [...]

Combination of Experimental Drugs Shown to Extend Lung Cancer Survival in Mice

Lung | Lung Cancer
According to a new study led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and its Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, a combination of experimental [...]

FDA Approves First Targeted Therapy for Lung Cancer with Specific Genetic Mutation

Lumakras (sotorasib) | Lung Cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Lumakras (sotorasib) as first treatment for non-small cell lung cancer patients whose tumors have specific [...]

Topotecan–Berzosertib Combination Effective for SCLC Treatment

Skeletal Model of Topotecan | Lung Cancer
Researchers all over the world are continuously been working towards finding effective treatments and therapies for lung cancer. There are widely two types of [...]

FDA Approves Libtayo as Monotherapy for Advanced NSCLC

Libtayo | Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In the year 2020, an estimated 225,000 new cases were diagnosed in the United [...]

New Study Identifies Drug to Boost Lung Cancer Survival Rates

Lung Cancer
A new study has found that a newly approved drug for leading form of cancer, lung cancer works to improve patient survival rate. The immunotherapy drug is [...]