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New Cancer Drug Approvals/FDA Updates
In collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration, ONS provides its members with information about newly approved therapies for patients with cancer via email. When such a communication is issued, ONS will immediately send an email indicating the nature of the communication and provide a link to the full text of the communication. This will include information from the product label to provide relevant clinical information on the indication, contraindications, dosing, and safety. Below is a list of all current communications. ONS also maintains an archive of past communications.

Date Sent Manufacturer Drug Additional Information
December 24, 2008

Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Degarelix

 
December 19, 2008

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Gleevec®

 
December 15, 2008

Genzyme Corp.

Mozobil™

 
November 20, 2008

GlaxoSmithKline Inc

Promacta®

 
October 31, 2008 Cephalon, Inc TREANDA®  
October 15, 2008 Eisai Medical Research Ontak®  
September 26, 2008 Eli Lilly and Company Alimta® Injection  
September 19, 2008 GE Healthcare AdreView  
August 25, 2008 Amgen Inc. Nplate™  
June 20, 2008 Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Takeda Oncology Company, and Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development Velcade®  
March 20, 2008 Cephalon, Inc. TREANDA®  
February 22, 2008 Genentech, Inc. Avastin®  
November 16, 2007 Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc NEXAVAR®  
November 8, 2007 n/a n/a FDA Approved Boxed Warnings and other safety-related product labeling changes for the erythropoiesis-stimulating agents Epogen, Procrit, and Aranesp.
November 8, 2007 Bristol-Myers Squibb SPRYCEL™  
October 29, 2007 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Tasigna® Capsules  
October 16, 2007 Bristol-Myers Squibb IXEMPRA™ FDA approved ixabepilone injection for two indications
October 2, 2007 ImClone Systems, Inc. Erbitux® Expanded labeling and granted regular approval
September 28, 2007 Sanofi-Aventis Taxotere® Injection Concentrate  
September 19, 2007 Genzyme Corporation Campath® FDA expanded labeling and granted regular approval for single-agent alemtuzumab
September 17, 2007 Genentech, Inc. Avastin® Warning and Dose and Administration for Non-Gastrointestinal Fistula Formation
September 13, 2007 Lilly and Company EVISTA®  
September 6, 2007 TopoTarget Totect™  

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Links
Overwhelmed by the amount of cancer news on the Internet? Try these links. The ONS website Editorial Board has reviewed them and found them to have excellent functionality and credibility.

Cancer Statistics 2006
Provided by the American Cancer Society

Cancer Treatment News
Provided by CancerConsultants.com

Major News Releases
Provided by the National Cancer Institute

Oncology Calendar
From continuing education programming to dates and deadlines related to certification, awards, grants, scholarships, and more, you'll find it all on this easy-to-use calendar.