follicular lymphoma

March 1, 2019

FDA Grants Priority Review for Revlimid-Rituxan Combo for Some Lymphomas

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review to Revlimid (lenalidomide) in combination with Rituxan (rituximab) for patients with previously treated follicular and marginal zone lymphoma. A decision ... Read more

January 24, 2019

Imbruvica-Opdivo Combination Shows Promise in Richter’s Transformation

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A combination of Imbruvica (ibrutinib) and Opdivo (nivolumab) reduced tumor burden in 65% of patients with Richter’s transformation — a kind of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with very poor prognosis, derived ... Read more

January 11, 2019

Epizyme Planning to Request FDA’s Accelerated Approval of Tazemetostat for Follicular Lymphoma Patients

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Epizyme plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for accelerated approval of tazemetostat as a treatment for people with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma with or without EZH2 activating mutations. ... Read more

January 11, 2019January 10, 2019

Happy ‘Diagnosiversary’ to Me

Columns, Things That Give Me Hope - a Column by Bob McEachern

On Jan. 15, I celebrate my “diagnosiversary” marking 11 years since my follicular lymphoma (FL) diagnosis. This one is special. When diagnosed, I read that the median survival for FL patients ... Read more

December 5, 2018

5F9-Rituxan Combo Eliminates Tumors in One-third of DLBCL, Follicular Lymphoma Patients

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A combination of Forty Seven‘s macrophage checkpoint inhibitor Hu5F9-G4 and Rituxan (rituximab) is safe and completely eliminated tumors in one-third of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients included in a Phase 1b trial. The trial, ... Read more

December 4, 2018

Truxima Becomes First Biosimilar to Rituxan Approved in US for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Truxima (rituximab-abbs), a biosimilar to Rituxan (rituximab), for three CD20-positive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma indications, Celltrion and Teva announced. The decision comes less than two months after the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs ... Read more

November 13, 2018

Rituxan Shows Similar Benefit With or Without Chemo in Indolent Lymphomas, Study Finds

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Using Rituxan (rituximab) as first-line treatment for indolent — or slow-growing — lymphomas leads to similar long-term survival as regimens containing both Rituxan and chemotherapy, a study shows. The approach also eliminated ... Read more

October 5, 2018October 4, 2018

We Need to Talk About Survival Statistics

Columns, Things That Give Me Hope - a Column by Bob McEachern

“How much time do I have?” When we’re diagnosed, that’s one of the first questions we ask. We want a number. But in my 10-plus years as a follicular lymphoma ... Read more

October 1, 2018October 3, 2018

FDA Approves Copiktra Capsules for 2 Lymphoma Types, Verastem Announces

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Copiktra (duvelisib) capsules for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) after a minimum of two prior therapies. ... Read more

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018

Rituxan-Revlimid Combo Effective in Treating Advanced Follicular Lymphoma, Study Shows

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Patients with previously untreated follicular lymphoma may soon be able to replace a regimen of chemotherapy and Rituxan (rituximab) with Rituxan and Revlimid (lenalidomide) after a Phase 3 trial showed similar effectiveness for ... Read more