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FDA looks at pulling speedy approvals for three cancer drugs

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On Wednesday (28 April), the focus will shift to Keytruda and Tecentriq as first-line treatments for UC patients unable to be treated with cisplatin-containing chemotherapy – which got the go-ahead in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

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AZ, HutchMed’s savolitinib gets 1st approval in China for NSCLC

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Savolitinib will be sold as Orpathys for the treatment of NSCLC patients whose tumours have MET exon 14 skipping mutations who have previously had systemic treatment or are unable to receive chemotherapy. Savolitinib was discovered by HutchMed (formerly Hutchison China Meditech) and has been partnered by AZ since 2011.