#FDA approval

The PreHevbrio vaccine produces higher antibody levels and offers faster protection.

Molnupiravir is authorized for people at high risk for severe COVID-19 when other treatment options are not available.

Paxlovid, which reduces the risk of hospitalization or death by about 90%, is expected to be a game-changer.

The latest new cancer drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration

Molnupiravir, the first oral antiviral for COVID-19, reduces the risk of hospitalization or death if started within five days.

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Scemblix was approved for certain patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia.

Vaccine effectiveness for children ages 5 to 11 was 91%, and serious side effects are rare.

Immunotherapy plus chemotherapy improved overall survival in people with persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

More than half of the therapies in positive industry-sponsored Phase III trials don’t help people with cancer live longer.

The antibody-drug conjugate Tivdak led to remission in 24% of cervical cancer patients.

The targeted therapy delayed disease progression or death by approximately nine months.

Exkivity is approved for adults with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer with specific EGFR mutations.

The IDH1 inhibitor is the third medication approved this year for hard-to-treat bile duct cancer.

An advisory panel reviewed follow-up data on checkpoint inhibitors, voting to maintain four approvals and rescind two.

The immunotherapy is now approved to treat tumors with a specific genetic mutation anywhere in the body.