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April 23, 2024-,FDA approves lutetium Lu 177 dotatate for pediatric patients 12 years and older with somatostatin receptor (SSTR)-positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs)
April 23- FDA granted accelerated approval to tovorafenib (Ojemda, Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.) for patients 6 months of age and older with relapsed or refractory pediatric low-grade glioma (LGG) harboring a BRAF fusion or rearrangement, or BRAF V600 mutation.
April 22- FDA approves nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln for BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
April 18- FDA approves alectinib as adjuvant treatment for ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer | FDA
April 5 - FDA grants accelerated approval to fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive solid tumors
March 22 - FDA approves mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx for FRα positive, platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer
March 19 - FDA grants accelerated approval to ponatinib with chemotherapy for newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia
March 7 - FDA grants accelerated approval to zanubrutinib for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma
March 6 - FDA approves nivolumab in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine for unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma
March 6 -FDA approves inotuzumab ozogamicin for pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
March 1 - FDA approves amivantamab-vmjw for EGFR exon 20 insertion-mutated non-small cell lung cancer indications
February 16 - FDA approves osimertinib with chemotherapy for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer | FDA
February 16 - FDA grants accelerated approval to lifileucel for unresectable or metastatic melanoma | FDA
February 15 - FDA approves tepotinib for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
February 13 - FDA approves irinotecan liposome for first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma
January 19 - FDA approves erdafitinib for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma
January 12 - FDA approves pembrolizumab with chemoradiotherapy for FIGO 2014 Stage III-IVA cervical cancer
August - FDA approves new indication for anemia without previous erythropoiesis stimulating agent use (ESAnaïve) in adult patients with very low-to intermediate-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) who may require regular red blood cell (RBC) transfusions
Effective for dates of service on or after April 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has assigned the following Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)* J-Code for ELREXFIO (elranatamab-bccm) injection: