U.S. flag An official website of the United States government

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  1. Home
  2. Drugs
  3. Development & Approval Process | Drugs
  4. Drug Approvals and Databases
  5. Resources for Information | Approved Drugs
  6. Drug Information Soundcast in Clinical Oncology (D.I.S.C.O.)
  1. Resources for Information | Approved Drugs

Drug Information Soundcast in Clinical Oncology (D.I.S.C.O.)

Drug Information Soundcast in Clinical Oncology (D.I.S.C.O.)

FDA Drug Information Soundcast in Clinical Oncology (DISCO) is an FDA podcast series that provides information about new product approvals, emerging safety information for cancer treatments, and other current topics in cancer drug development.

Latest Drug Information Soundcasts

Title Date Link to Podcast Link to Transcript

FDA D.I.S.C.O.: Intro by Dr. Richard Pazdur
In our inaugural podcast, Dr. Richard Pazdur, director of the FDA Oncology Center of Excellence, talks with hosts Dr. Sanjeeve Bala and Dr. Abhilasha Nair about this new podcast series.

 May 16, 2017
Run Time:
00:3:19		 Transcript

FDA D.I.S.C.O.: Rucaparib in Ovarian Cancer
FDA medical oncologists discuss the agency’s accelerated approval of rucaparib for treatment of patients with deleterious BRCA mutation associated advanced ovarian cancer who have been treated with two or more chemotherapies.

 May 17, 2017
Run Time:
00:5:13		 Transcript

FDA D.I.S.C.O.: Niraparib in Ovarian Cancer
FDA medical oncologists discuss the agency’s March 2017 approval of niraparib for the maintenance treatment of patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to platinum-based chemotherapy.

 May 18, 2017


Run Time:
00:5:56

 Transcript

FDA D.I.S.C.O.: Avelumab in Merkel Cell Carcinoma
FDA medical oncologists discuss the agency’s March 23, 2017, approval of avelumab the treatment of patients 12 years and older with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma.

 May 22, 2017


Run Time:
00:6:28

 Transcript

FDA D.I.S.C.O.: First Tissue/Site Agnostic Approval
The D.I.S.C.O. hosts discuss the agency’s first approval of a cancer treatment based on a common biomarker rather than the location in the body where the tumor originated.

 May 30, 2017


Run Time:
00:6:00

 Transcript
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: Two approvals for ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer
FDA medical oncologists discuss the FDA approvals of brigatinib and ceritinib for ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer.		 July 25, 2017
Run Time:
00:9:00  		 Transcript
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: Osimertinib for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
FDA medical oncologists discuss the approval of osimertinib for EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer. 		 July 28, 2017
Run Time:
00:6:00  		 Transcript 
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: L-glutamine for sickle cell disease
FDA medical oncologists discuss the July 7, 2017, approval of l-glutamine to reduce the acute complications of sickle cell disease.		 August 17, 2017
Run Time:
00:5:29  		 Transcript 
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: A new treatment for acute myelogenous leukemia
FDA medical oncologists discuss the Aug. 3, 2017, approval of Vyxeos for treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia.		 September 15, 2017
Run Time:
00:4:59  		 Transcript 
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: First biosimilar approval for the treatment of cancer
FDA medical oncologists discuss the Sept 14, 2017, approval of MVASI, the first biosimilar approved in the US for the treatment of cancer.		 December 21, 2017
Run Time:
00:8:29  		 Transcript 
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: First FDA approval of a CAR T-cell immunotherapy
FDA medical oncologists discuss the first approval of a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy.		 February 23, 2018
Run Time:
00:5:59  		 Transcript 
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: Nivolumab for adjuvant treatment of patients with melanoma
FDA medical oncologists discuss the December 20, 2017, approval of nivolumab for the adjuvant treatment of patients with melanoma.		 February 26, 2018
Run Time:
00:5:00  		 Transcript 
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: A new drug approval for non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
FDA medical oncologists discuss the February 14, 2018, approval of apalutamide for the treatment of non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.		 May 3, 2018
Run Time:
00:4:59  		 Transcript
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: A supplemental drug approval for the adjuvant treatment of high risk advanced renal cell cancer
FDA medical oncologists discuss the November 2017 approval of sunitinib for the adjuvant treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma who are at high risk of recurrence following a nephrectomy.		 August 16, 2018
Run Time:
00:5:29  		 Transcript
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: Olaparib for gBRCAm HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer
FDA medical oncologists discuss the January 12, 2018, approval of olaparib, the first PARP inhibitor approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer with a germline BRCA mutation.		 October 2, 2018
Run Time:
00:5:29  		 Transcript
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: A new drug approval for IDH1 positive relapsed or refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia
FDA medical oncologists discuss the July 2018 approval of ivosidenib for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with a susceptible IDH1 mutation as detected by an FDA-approved test.		 October 18, 2018
Run Time:
00:6:29  		 Transcript
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: FDA approval of moxetumomab pasudotox-tdfk for relapsed or refractory hairy cell leukemia
FDA medical oncologists discuss the Sept. 13, 2018, approval of moxetumomab pasudotox-tdfk for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory hairy cell leukemia.		 November 29, 2018
Run Time:
00:8:13  		 Transcript
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: FDA approval of cemiplimab-rwlc for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
FDA medical oncologists discuss the September 28, 2018, approval of cemiplimab-rwlc for the treatment of select patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.		 November 30, 2018
Run Time:
00:8:17  		 Transcript
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: FDA approval of larotrectinib for advanced malignancies with NTRK gene fusion
FDA medical oncologists discuss the Nov. 26, 2018, accelerated approval of larotrectinib for adult and pediatric patients.		 December 13, 2018
Run Time:
00:7:29  		 Transcript
FDA D.I.S.C.O.: FDA approval of cabozantinib for hepatocellular carcinoma
FDA medical oncologists discuss the January 14, 2019, approval of cabozantinib for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have been previously treated with sorafenib.		 March 12, 2019
Run Time:
00:5:29		 Transcript

FDA D.I.S.C.O.: FDA approval of Cablivi for acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
FDA medical oncologists discuss the February 6, 2019, approval of caplacizumab-yhdp for acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP), in combination with plasma exchange and immunosuppressive therapy.

 April 12, 2019
Run Time:
00:7:59		 Transcript

 

Additional Information

Back to Top