FDA Drug Approvals for Cancer in 2014

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This slide show highlights the 2014 FDA approvals of cancer treatments, which included therapies for melanoma and lung, gastric, ovarian, and cervical cancers, as well as various hematologic malignancies.

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On January 10, 2014, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to the combination of trametinib (Mekinist) and dabrafenib (Tafinlar) for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with a BRAF V600E or V600K mutation, as detected by an FDA-approved test.

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