
Opinion|Videos|February 5, 2025
Recent FDA Approvals in NMIBC
Author(s)Mark D. Tyson, MD, MPH, Gary D. Steinberg, MD
Panelists discuss how FDA approvals have expanded options for BCG-unresponsive non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), with pembrolizumab, nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln, and nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg offering new immunotherapy and gene therapy approaches.
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Video content above is prompted by the following:
- How has the treatment landscape of NMIBC changed in recent years to provide better options for patients?
- Provide an overview of recent FDA approvals, including for the treatment of high-risk, BCG-unresponsive NMIBC (pembrolizumab [PD-1 inhibitor], nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln [immunotherapy], and nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg [gene therapy]).
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