This newer mode of administration for immunotherapy comes with benefits and risks. It is important for a person to work with a doctor when making treatment decisions for upper gastrointestinal (GI) ...

PD-1 inhibitors belong to a class of medications known as immune checkpoint inhibitors, which have become an important part of many modern cancer treatment plans. PD-1 inhibitors work by helping the ...

Somavert (pegvisomant) is a prescription drug that’s used to treat acromegaly. The drug is given once daily as a subcutaneous injection by you or your caregiver. Somavert is used to treat acromegaly ...

Kesimpta is a medicine used to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Relapsing forms of MS include clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting MS, and active secondary progressive MS ...

Dr. Eric K. Singhi discusses the benefit of subcutaneous immunotherapy following the FDA approval of subcutaneous Opdivo for patients with solid tumors. On Dec. 27, 2024, the Food and Drug ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new way to give pembrolizumab (brand name: Keytruda), one of the most widely used immunotherapy treatments for cancer. For the first time, ...

Ocrelizumab and hyaluronidase is now the first and only twice-yearly subcutaneous injection approved for relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). The ...

Keytruda Qlex, a subcutaneous formulation, is FDA-approved for solid tumors in patients 12 and older, offering an alternative to intravenous administration. Study MK-3475A-D77 showed comparable ...

Drug approvals this year have reflected the trend in clinical development of biologics shifting from intravenous to subcutaneous administration, offering shorter injection times, home use, and cost ...