The OncLive® Global Oncology condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and international expert insights on treatment of patients with cancer. This page features articles focused on ex-US regulatory news, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, and ongoing global research in oncology care.
October 31st 2024
An NDA seeking the approval of sacituzumab tirumotecan for EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer is under review by the NMPA’s CDE.
26th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
July 25-26, 2025
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Applying New Evidence in Multiple Myeloma Care from Frontline to R/R Disease
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42nd Annual CFS: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow®
November 13-15, 2024
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PER LIVER CANCER TUMOR BOARD: How Do Evolving Data for Immune-Based Strategies in Resectable and Unresectable ...
November 16, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: Clinical Updates from Chicago – A Focus on What Community Centers Need to Know to Move Their Solid Tumors' Practices Forward
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do Clinicians Integrate the Latest Evidence in Treating Ovarian Cancer to Personalize Care?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Tumor Agnostic Trials and the Reshaping of Precision Medicine in Oncology: A Focus on TSC1/2 Mutations
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Community Practice Connections™: Optimize the Diagnosis and Treatment of HER2-Positive Colorectal Cancer
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Community Oncology Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2-Expressing Breast Cancer… Advances in Management from HER2-Low to Positive Disease
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Annual Hematology Meeting: Preceding the 66th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition
December 6, 2024
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How CEACAM5 Expression Can Be Measured and Leveraged in NSCLC Care: Current Developments & Future Therapeutic Opportunities
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Medical Crossfire®: Where Are We in the World of ADCs? From HER2 to CEACAM5, TROP2, HER3, CDH6, B7H3, c-MET and Beyond!
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Translating New Evidence into Treatment Algorithms from Frontline to R/R Multiple Myeloma: How the Experts Think & Treat
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Medical Crossfire: How Has Iron Supplementation Altered Treatment Planning for Patients with Cancer-Related Anemia?
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Show Me the Data: How Do We Navigate the Latest Evidence on Novel Therapies, Combinations, and Clinical Trials Across MPN Care in the Context of Current Treatment Algorithms?
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Towards Personalized Treatment Approaches in Soft Tissue Sarcomas
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22nd Annual Winter Lung Cancer Conference®
January 31, 2025 - February 2, 2025
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Dialogues With the Surgeon on Integration of Systemic Therapies in Perioperative Settings for NSCLC: Looking at EGFR, ALK, IO, and Beyond…
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The Next Wave in Biliary Tract Cancers: Leveraging Immunogenicity to Optimize Patient Outcomes in an Evolving Treatment Landscape
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42nd Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference®
March 6 - 9, 2025
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The Evolving Tool Box in Advanced HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know About Next-Generation SERDs, PI3K/AKT, ADCs, CDK4/6 and Beyond…
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Medical Crossfire®: The Experts Bridge Recent Data in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia With Real-World Sequencing Questions
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18th Annual New York GU Cancers Congress™
March 28-29, 2025
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy Advances Into Melanoma
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Community Practice Connections™: Pre-Conference Workshop on Immune Cell-Based Therapy
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Coffee Talk™: Navigating the Impact of HER2/3, TROP2, and PARP from Early Stage to Advanced Breast Cancer Care
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Community Practice Connections™: 9th Annual School of Gastrointestinal Oncology®
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Adjuvant Nivolumab Receives CHMP Recommendation for Completely Resected Stage IIB/C Melanoma
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of nivolumab monotherapy for the adjuvant treatment of patients at least 12 years of age with completely resected stage IIB or IIC melanoma.
Epcoritamab Approaches EU Approval for Relapsed/Refractory DLBCL
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has issued a positive opinion recommending conditional marketing authorization to epcoritamab monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more lines of systemic therapy.
China’s NMPA Accepts sNDA for First-Line Toripalimab Plus Chemo in ES-SCLC
China’s National Medical Products Administration has accepted a supplemental new drug application seeking the approval of toripalimab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
EMA Accepts Marketing Application for Zolbetuximab in CLDN18.2+ Gastric/GEJ Adenocarcinoma
The European Medicines Agency has accepted a marketing authorization application seeking the approval of zolbetuximab for first-line treatment of patients with Claudin18.2-positive, HER2-negative, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
China’s NMPA Accepts sNDA for Frontline Toripalimab Plus Axitinib in Metastatic RCC
China’s National Medical Products Administration has accepted a supplemental new drug application seeking the approval of toripalimab plus for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Approved in China for HER2-Low Metastatic Breast Cancer
China’s National Medical Products Administration has approved trastuzumab deruxtecan monotherapy in adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-low breast cancer who have previously received a systemic therapy in the metastatic setting or whose disease recurred during or within 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy.
Fixed-Duration Glofitamab Approved in Europe for Relapsed/Refractory DLBCL
The European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization to glofitamab for fixed-duration administration in adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) following 2 or more lines of systemic treatment.
Equecabtagene Autoleucel Approved in China for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
China’s National Medical Products Administration has approved the new drug application for equecabtagene autoleucel for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who previously received 3 or more lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory drug.
Neoadjuvant Nivolumab/Chemo Wins EU Approval for Resectable PD-L1+ NSCLC
The European Commission has approved nivolumab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the neoadjuvant treatment of patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer at high risk of recurrence with tumor cell PD-L1 expression of at least 1%.
Repotrectinib NDA Under NMPA Review for Locally Advanced or Metastatic ROS1+ NSCLC
The National Medical Products Administration in China has accepted for review a new drug application seeking the approval of repotrectinib for use in adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic ROS1-positive non–small cell lung cancer.
Sacituzumab Govitecan Approaches EU Approval for Pretreated HR+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
The EMA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion regarding sacituzumab govitecan-hziy monotherapy in select patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.
European Medicines Agency Validates MAA for Fruquintinib in Pretreated mCRC
June 16th 2023The European Medicines Agency has validated and accepted a marketing authorization application for priority review for fruquintinib for the treatment of adult patients with pretreated metastatic colorectal cancer.
Majority of US Cancer Centers Report Shortages of Cisplatin/Carboplatin Chemotherapy
A survey conducted by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Best Practices Committee found that 93% of United States cancer centers polled in the report are experiencing a shortage of carboplatin, and 70% currently have a shortage of cisplatin.
EMA Committee Recommends Piflufolastat 18F PSMA PET Imaging Agent for Prostate Cancer
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of piflufolastat 18F, a prostate-specific membrane antigen–targeted positron emission tomography imaging agent, for use in prostate cancer detection.
Olverembatinib Recommended for Breakthrough Therapy Designation in China for SDH-Deficient GIST
The China National Medical Products Adminstration’s Center for Drug Evaluation has recommended that olverembatinib receive breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor that is succinate dehydrogenase deficient.
European Approval Sought for Cilta-cel in Relapsed and Lenalidomide-Refractory Myeloma
A Type II variation application seeking the approval of ciltacabtagene autoleucel in adult patients with relapsed and lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency.
EMA Recommends Approval of Neoadjuvant Nivolumab/Chemotherapy in Resectable NSCLC
May 26th 2023The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of nivolumab as neoadjuvant therapy in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer at high risk of recurrence and tumor cell PD-L1 expression of at least 1%.
Quizartinib Garners Approval in Japan for Newly Diagnosed FLT3-ITD+ AML
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare has approved quizartinib in combination with standard cytarabine and anthracycline induction and standard cytarabine consolidation and as maintenance monotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia whose tumors harbor FLT3-ITD mutations.
China’s NMPA Accepts sNDA for Toripalimab Plus Chemo in Advanced TNBC
The National Medical Products Administration has accepted the supplemental new drug application seeking the approval of toripalimab in combination with nab-paclitaxel in patients with untreated metastatic or recurrent triple-negative breast cancer and a PD-L1 combined positive score of at least 1.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended the combination of pembrolizumab and lenvatinib for use in previously treated patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer whose cancer has progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and who cannot have curative surgery or radiotherapy.
Chinese Phase 3 Trial of Roxadustat in Non-Myeloid Malignancies Meets Primary End Point
Roxadustat proved to be noninferior to recombinant erythropoietin alfa with regard to change in hemoglobin level from baseline to an average level during weeks 9 to 13 in patients receiving concurrent chemotherapy for non-myeloid malignancies in China, meeting the primary end point of an ongoing phase 3 trial.
IBI351 Receives Breakthrough Therapy Designation in China for Previously Treated Advanced CRC
China’s National Medical Products Administration has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to the KRAS G12C inhibitor IBI351 as monotherapy for previously treated patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma harboring a KRAS G12C mutation.
China Approves Zanubrutinib in Previously Untreated CLL/SLL and Waldenström Macroglobulinemia
China’s National Medical Products Administration has approved 2 supplemental new drug applications of zanubrutinib for use in treatment-naïve adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma and Waldenström macroglobulinemia.
Liso-cel Earns European Approval for Relapsed/Refractory LBCL After 1 Prior Therapy
The European Commission has approved lisocabtagene maraleucel for the treatment of adult patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, high-grade B-cell lymphoma, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, and follicular lymphoma grade 3B who relapsed within 12 months from completion of, or are refractory to, first-line chemoimmunotherapy.
First-line Cemiplimab Plus Chemo Wins Approval in Canada for Advanced NSCLC
Health Canada has approved the combination of cemiplimab and platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer without EGFR, ALK, or ROS1 aberrations who are not candidates for definitive chemoradiation.
Niraparib/Abiraterone Acetate Combo Approved in Europe for BRCA1/2+ mCRPC
The European Commission has granted marketing authorization to the dual action tablet comprised of niraparib and abiraterone acetate to be administered with prednisone or prednisolone in adult patients with BRCA1/2-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in whom chemotherapy is not clinically indicated.