Hayley Virgil is a senior editor with CancerNetwork. When she isn't traveling to conferences and championing health equity in the oncology space, she can be found hiking, foraging wild plants, gardening, sewing ballgowns, practicing embroidery, or playing video games.
Belantamab Mafodotin-blmf No Longer Available for Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma in US
November 22nd 2022The FDA recommended that the marketing application for belantamab mafodotin-blmf for patients with previously treated relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma be withdrawn after determining that findings did not meet the requirements for accelerated approval.
FDA Accepts Investigational New Drug Application for KVA12123 to Treat Advanced Solid Tumors
November 15th 2022The FDA’s decision to grant KVA12123 an investigational new drug application now allows its manufacturer, Kineta, to begin a clinical trial assessing its safety and efficacy across several solid tumors.
Updated Recommendations from ASTRO for the Adjuvant Treatment of Endometrial Cancer
November 9th 2022In a new set of guidelines by the American Society for Radiation Oncology for the treatment of adjuvant endometrial cancer, experts noted that molecular characterization data should be considered when making recommendations.
FDA’s ODAC Casts 16 to 0 Vote Against Omburtamab in Pediatric Metastatic Neuroblastoma
November 3rd 2022Members of the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee indicated there isn’t enough evidence to definitively confirm the overall survival benefit of 131I-omburtamab in pediatric patients with central nervous system or leptomeningeal metastases stemming from neuroblastoma.
FORE8394 Granted Fast Track Designation by FDA for Cancers With Class 1/2 BRAF Alterations
September 29th 2022FORE8394, which received fast track designation by the FDA, is under ongoing evaluation in a phase 1/2a trial in patients with advanced solid and central nervous system tumors harboring BRAF alterations.