FDA Accepts for Priority Review sNDA for WELIREG® (belzutifan) in Certain Previously Treated Patients With Advanced RCC

“Patients with advanced RCC whose cancer progresses following immune checkpoint and anti-angiogenic therapies face a poorer prognosis, and for those patients, there is a crucial unmet need for new options with an alternative mechanism of action,” said Dr. Marjorie Green, senior vice president and head of late-stage oncology, global clinical development, Merck Research Laboratories. “The FDA’s priority review designation of this application reinforces the urgency to provide new options to previously treated patients with advanced RCC, and we are committed to working closely with the FDA to bring WELIREG to these patients as quickly as possible.”

Share:

More News

“This positive opinion from the CHMP highlights the significant unmet need and importance of effective treatment options for adult r/r B-ALL,” said Dr. Christian Itin, Chief Executive Officer of Autolus. “With FDA approval received in November 2024 and an MHRA conditional marketing authorization received in April 2025, we are on

“While we are disappointed by today’s outcome, we continue to believe our clinical data support UGN-102 for the treatment of recurrent LG-IR-NMIBC, a disease with no FDA-approved therapies,” said Liz Barrett, President and CEO of UroGen. “The FDA carefully considers the independent advice from ODAC, and we look forward to

“Columvi in combination with GemOx demonstrated a 41% reduction in risk of death in a Phase III, randomized, multiregional clinical trial, supporting its recent approval by the European Commission and inclusion in the U.S. National Comprehensive Cancer Network treatment guidelines as a category 1 preferred regimen,” said Levi Garraway, M.D.,

Dr. Jasmine Cui, Co-founder, Chairwoman and CEO of InnoCare, said, “Today’s approval marks another important milestone for InnoCare as we will celebrate our 10th anniversary this year. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all the physicians, patients, partners and employees who have contributed to this achievement. DLBCL