New Drug Update: Dostarlimab, Loncastuximab Tesirine, and Aducanumab.

Three new drugs are presented: dostarlimab, loncastuximab tesirine, and aducanumab. Product information, clinical trials, and recommendations are provided. Dostarlimab (Jemperli®) is FDA-indicated for the treatment of adult patients with mismatch repair deficient (dMMR - an abnormality that affects DNA repair) recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer (EC). Loncastuximab tesirine (Zynlonta®) is FDA-indicated for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified, DLBCL arising from low grade lymphoma, and high-grade B-cell lymphoma. Aducanumab (Aduhelm®) is FDA-indicated for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. It is an amyloid beta-directed antibody developed by Biogen of Cambridge, Massachusetts. This indication was approved on June 7, 2021, under the accelerated approval based on the reduction in amyloid beta plaques in patients treated with the drug.