Tag Archives: Blueprint Medicines

September 2021—Blueprint Medicines announced that the FDA approved Ayvakit (avapritinib) for the treatment of adult patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis, including aggressive systemic mastocytosis, systemic mastocytosis with an associated hematological neoplasm, and mast cell leukemia. Advanced systemic mastocytosis patients can now receive a targeted therapy designed to potently and selectively inhibit D816V mutant KIT.

June 17, 2021—Blueprint Medicines announced that the FDA approved Ayvakit (avapritinib) for the treatment of adult patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis, including aggressive systemic mastocytosis, systemic mastocytosis with an associated hematological neoplasm, and mast cell leukemia.

December 2020—Roche announced FDA approval of Gavreto (pralsetinib) for the treatment of adults with metastatic rearranged during transfection fusion–positive non-small cell lung cancer as detected by an FDA-approved test. Gavreto is a once-daily, oral precision therapy designed to selectively target RET alterations, including fusions and mutations.

Horizon Discovery has signed a research service agreement with Blueprint Medicines, a patient-driven oncology company developing highly selective kinase inhibitors for genomically defined cancer subsets. Under the terms of the deal, Horizon will support Blueprint’s New Targets discovery platform by deploying its X-Man isogenic cell lines.