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2021-09-06| Trials & Approvals

BeiGene’s Brukinsa Bags Second FDA Approval, to Rival Imbruvica in Treating a Rare Cancer

by Rajaneesh K. Gopinath
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On September 1st, BeiGene announced that the FDA has greenlit its Brukinsa (zanubrutinib), a small molecule inhibitor of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) for treating adult patients with a rare type of lymphoma called Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM).

This is Brukinsa's second FDA approval, after bagging authorization from the agency for treating Mantle Cell Lymphoma in 2019. Besides the US, the drug has received marketing approval in five countries for this indication. Before the latest FDA approval, Brukinsa was approved for treating WM in China and Canada.

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