Daiichi Sankyo has been given a priority review from the FDA for pexidartinib, which is vying to become the first systemic drug therapy for rare cancer tenosynovial giant cell tumour (TGCT).
NICE has issued a Final Appraisal Determination that recommends the use of Pfizer’s Xalkori (crizotinib) in England under the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) for patients with ROS1-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Immunocore has gained a Promising Innovative Medicines (PIM) designation in the UK for its candidate immunotherapy for patients with metastatic uveal melanoma, a rare tumour of the eye.