U.S. FDA approves Amgen drug for small cell lung cancer

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration fast-tracks approval for Amgen drug shown to shrink lung tumours

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted accelerated approval to Amgen ’s tarlatamab, a targeted immunotherapy for adults in the advanced stages of hard-to-treat small cell lung cancer that has worsened despite chemotherapy.

Amgen said the U.S. price for Imdelltra is $31,500 for the first cycle, and $30,000 for additional infusions. For a year of treatment, the price would come to $781,500. The disease, which is diagnosed in about 35,000 U.S. patients annually, is “one of most rapidly proliferating and most aggressive cancers there is,” Jay Bradner, Amgen’s chief scientific officer, said in an interview ahead of the decision.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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