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Onco Break over a computer rendering of a cancer cell.

A California startup has the lofty goal of transforming blockbuster . (Endpoints News)

Johnson & Johnson announced FDA approval of a for teclistamab (Tecvayli) to treat relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

to the blockbuster immunotherapy pembrolizumab (Keytruda) are heading into clinical trials. (Endpoints News)

The FDA's first-ever approval of a tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy -- lifileucel (Amtagvi) for melanoma -- for what the drug class can bring to cancer treatment. (Axios)

Lifileucel the therapeutic field for melanoma. (GlobalData)

The FDA expanded lung cancer (Tagrisso) to include use in combination with platinum-containing chemotherapy for locally advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R mutations.

Oncopeptides announced that the FDA has concluded that grounds are sufficient to (Pepaxto) from the U.S. market, a decision Oncopeptides had appealed.

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association introduced Daniel O'Day of Gilead Sciences as the organization's new of directors.

Bavarian Nordic terminated a study and announced plans to discontinue cancer research in favor of developing therapies for infectious diseases. (Biopharma Dive)

More evidence that may increase the risk of certain types of cancer. (Newsweek)

How will the FDA's recent emphasis on for drug approvals affect development of cancer drugs? (BioSpace)

Prophylactic oral vancomycin reduced the risk of in stem-cell transplant recipients but at the cost of an increased risk of gram-negative bacteremia. (Fox Chase Cancer Center)

Addition of a novel immunotherapy based on DNA plasmid technology more than doubled progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy alone in . (Frontiers in Oncology)

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    Charles Bankhead is senior editor for oncology and also covers urology, dermatology, and ophthalmology. He joined ľֱ in 2007.