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The FDA hosted a public meeting entitled ‘Final Assessment of the Program for Enhanced Review Transparency and Communication in the Biosimilar User Fee Act’, in line with its previously stated commitment to do so no later than 30 September 2022.

The Government of British Columbia announced an expansion of its biosimilars switching program to include blood thinner enoxaparin.  This change took effect on 22 March 2022, with all new PharmaCare approvals to be for biosimilar enoxaparin only.

Merck announced that the FDA has approved Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) (anti-PD-1 therapy) as a single agent for the treatment of patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma that is microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR).  Keytruda® is als...

Henlius Biotech published the results of Ph II trials of novel anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody serplulimab (novel anti-PD-1 mAb) in the treatment of advanced cervical cancer.  Henlius reported that the study demonstrated a manageable safety profile and encouraging efficacy.  ...

Amgen and Pfizer settled their pegfilgrastim (Neulasta®) dispute Amgen Inc v Hospira Inc (D. Del., No. 20-201) which has been on foot since February 2020.  No further details about the settlement agreement have been published to date.

MSD announced results from Ph III trials of Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) in patients with Stage IB-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer, reporting that Keytruda® significantly improved disease-free survival.