According to the NMPA website on May 13, the marketing application for Brentuximab Vedotin Injection filed by Takeda Pharmaceutical in China has been reviewed and approved, to become the second ADC approved for marketing in China.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended that MSD’s Keytruda be funded on the NHS via the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) for a subgroup of people with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
US regulators have approved Seattle Genetics’ Adcetris in combination with chemotherapy for adult patients with previously untreated Stage III or IV classical Hodgkin lymphoma.