Weekly Digest - May 2024

Weekly Digest - May 2024

30 Apr 2024: Pfizer and Genmab’s ADC Tivdak receives full FDA approval for recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer

  • FDA grants full approval to Pfizer and Genmab’s Tivdak for recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer post-chemotherapy
  • The full approval is based on positive data from the Phase III innovaTV 301 clinical trial (NCT04697628)
  • Tivdak demonstrated a 30% reduction in the risk of death compared to chemotherapy, with mOS of 11.5 vs 9.5 months on chemotherapy alone
  • Pfizer acquired Tivdak through its $43 billion acquisition of Seagen in December 2023
  • Accelerated approval was granted in 2021 based on a 24% objective response rate from the Phase II innovaTV 204 trial
  • Originally developed by Seagen and Genmab. Tivdak targets tissue factor (TF) protein, delivering monomethyl auristatin E, a toxin

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