On October 3, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opdivo (nivolumab) to be used with platinum-doublet chemotherapy as a treatment before surgery, followed by Opdivo (nivolumab) alone after surgery. This approval is for people with resectable (removable [...]
On August 15, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for the immunotherapy drug Imfinzi (durvalumab) to be used in combination with chemotherapy (neoadjuvant, treatment given before surgery) as well as on its own after surgery (adjuvant). [...]
On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug Rybrevant (amivantamab-vmjw) to be given in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed in the first lining setting for people with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with [...]
On October 16, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new treatment plan for people receiving Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This approval is based on results from the KEYNOTE-671 (NCT03425643) clinical [...]
Author: Daniel A. Saez, MSc, Manager, LungMATCH Navigation Program Many patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) rely on a class of treatments called immunotherapy to battle their cancer. The significant difference between immunotherapy and targeted therapy (the other [...]