Industry News

The following section is additional information posted from our Corporate members to supplement product announcements.

2020

• AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals announces a webinar entitled "IMFINZI® (durvalumab) in Combination with Chemotherapy for the Treatment of ES-SCLC, on April 21, 2020, Find out more.
• AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals announces IMFINZI® (durvalumab) sample treatment plan template for the first-line treatment of adult patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer in combination with etoposide and either carboplatin or cisplatin as an example of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) order set, Find out more.
• Pfizer Oncology is pleased to announce that IBRANCE® (palbociclib) is transitioning from capsules to tablets. Click here for more.
• Novartis is pleased to announce that, effective April 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a product-specific C-code, C9053 for 100 mg/10 mL (10 mg/mL) solution in a single-dose vial of ADAKVEO® (crizanlizumab-tmca) for IV infusion. Click here for more.
• On February 18, 2020, 106 organizations representing patients, providers, medical researchers, survivors, and families joined together to urge Congress to include the bipartisan CLINICAL TREATMENT Act (H.R. 913) in the upcoming ‘must pass’ healthcare extenders package, which is expected to pass this spring.  Find out more
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has assigned a permanent J-code for POLIVY™ (polatuzumab vedotin-piiq). POLIVY received FDA approval on June 10, 2019: Click here for more.

2019

• Find out how Taiho Oncology is making access easier for patients. Click here for more.
• Pfizer Inc. has partnered with Triage Cancer to provide a guide to help patients in selecting the best Medicare Plan: Quick Guide to Health Insurance: Medicare.
• Patient support for Pfizer products RETACRIT (epoetin alfa-epbx) and NIVESTYM (filgrastim-aafi) will transfer from Pfizer enCompass to Pfizer Oncology Together effective October 1, 2019. Pfizer is committed to supporting patients throughout their treatment journey and making this a seamless transition for patient support. With Pfizer Oncology Together, patients prescribed a Pfizer Oncology medication get personalized support, including help identifying financial assistance options and connections to resources that may help with some of their day‐to‐day challenges. Visit PfizerOncologyTogether.com for more details.
• Pfizer Inc. is pleased to announce that new safety information has been added to the labeling for all  CDK4/6 Inhibitors, including IBRANCE. Section 5.2 Warnings and Precautions includes additional information.
• New Packaging Configuration for KEYTRUDA
• The National Comprehensive Cancer Network© (NCCN©) has updated the Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Colon and Rectal Cancer to include BRAFTOVI® in combination with MEKTOVI® and cetuximab or panitumumab as a Category 2a treatment for patients with BRAFV600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), after failure of one to two prior lines of therapy for metastatic disease.
• FDA Grants Genentech's Tecentriq in Combination With Abraxane Accelerated Approval for People With PD-L1-Positive, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
• FDA Approves Taiho Oncology's LONSURF® (trifluridine/tipiracil) for Adult Patients with Previously Treated Advanced Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) Adenocarcinoma

• AZ Oncology ID is your resource for biomarker testing to help patients receive the most appropriate, personalized treatment.

• AbbVie Announces U.S. FDA Approval of IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) Plus Obinutuzumab (GAZYVA®) – First Chemotherapy-Free, Anti-CD20 Combination Regimen Approved for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CLL/SLL) in Previously Untreated Patients
• AstraZeneca and Merck & Co., Inc., today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LYNPARZA for use as maintenance treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm or sBRCAm) advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to 1st-line platinum-based chemotherapy.
• Astellas Pharma US, Inc. is pleased to announce that the FDA has approved XOSPATA. XOSPATA is indicated for the treatment of adult patients who have relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with a FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) mutation as detected by an FDA-approved test. Click here for more.  Click here for safety information.  Click here for prescribing information.

2018

• Gennetech - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made a change to the RITUXAN® (rituximab) J-code and has assigned a permanent J-code for RITUXAN HYCELA® (rituximab/hyaluronidase human subcutaneous injection).  Click here for more.
• Genentech announced the FDA granted accelerated approval to Venclexta® (venetoclax), in combination with a hypomethylating agent (azacitidine or decitabine), or low dose cytarabine (LDAC), for the treatment of people with newly-diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), who are age 75 years or older, or for those ineligible for intensive induction chemotherapy due to coexisting medical conditions. The Genentech press release including Important Safety Information is linked here.  Click here for prescribing information.