Novel Drug Approvals for 2013
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Novel Drug/New Approvals for 2013 (Anti-Cancer Drugs)
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No. Drug Name Active Ingred. Apprvl Date FDA Approved use on approved date
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1.Pomalyst Promalidomide 2/8/2013 To treat with multiple myeloma whose disease progressed after being treated with other cancer drugs
2.Kadeyla Ado-transtuzumab 2/22/2013 For patients with HER2 positive emetansine late metastic cancer
3.Lymphoseek Technetium 3/13/2013 Aradioactive diagnostic imaging Tc 99m agent that helpd doctors locate lymph tilmanocept nodes in patients with breast cancer or melanoma who are undergoing surgery to remove tumor-draing lymph nodes
4.Tafinlar Dabrafenib 5/291/2013 To treat patients with melanoma whose tumors express the BRAF V600E gene mutation
5.Gilotrif Afatinib 7/12/2013 For patients with late stage (metastatic) non-small cell cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors express specific types of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations,
6.Gazyva Obinutuzumab 11/1/2013 For use in combination with chlorambucil to treat patients with previously untreated chronic lympcytic leukemia(CLL)
7.Imbruvica Ibrutinib 11/13/2013 To treat patients with mantle cell lymohoma (MCL) , a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer