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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new indication for BioThrax (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed) to prevent disease following suspected or confirmed exposure to Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax disease. Read More ›

Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Narcan nasal spray, the first FDA-approved nasal spray version of naloxone hydrochloride, a life-saving medication that can stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Read More ›

Elotuzumab (Empliciti) (elotuzumab) has been approved for use in combination with lenalidomide (Revlimid) and dexamethasone in patients with multiple myeloma who have received 1 to 3 prior medications. Daratumumab (Darzalex) is the only other US Food and Drug Administration-approved monoclonal antibody for patients with this type of cancer. Read More ›

Necitumumab (Portrazza) has been approved in combination with 2 forms of chemotherapy for patients with metastatic, squamous non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have not received previous treatment for their cancer. Read More ›

Ixazomib (Ninlaro) has been approved for use in combination with lenalidomide (Revlimid) and dexamethasone in patients with multiple myeloma who have received ≥1 prior therapy. The drug is the first orally-administered proteasome inhibitor Read More ›

Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for Darzalex (daratumumab) to treat patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least three prior treatments. Read More ›

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Adynovate, Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), PEGylated for use in adults and adolescents, aged 12 years and older, who have Hemophilia A Read More ›

The Cancer Clinical Trials Office (CCTO) at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, oversees a large clinical trials program. Read More ›

The 2015 European Cancer Congress (ECC 2015) was held in Vienna, Austria, from September 25 to 29. The congress was jointly sponsored by the European CanCer Organisation (ECCO) and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). Read More ›

At the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) Sixth Annual Conference, held in Atlanta, GA, in October, Barbara Antolino-Smith, RN, BSN, CPN, Pediatric Oncology Nurse, Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, PA, was the recipient of the 2015 Oncology Nurse Excellence (ONE) Award. Read More ›