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Tudriqev approval after two FDA rejections turns an engineered herpes virus into a melanoma treatment

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Replimune Group’s Tudriqev in combination with nivolumab for adults with unresectable advanced cutaneous melanoma that progressed during a programmed death receptor-1 blocking treatment. The August 6, 2026 decision gives oncologists a new option for a difficult stage of melanoma treatment, when tumours

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FDA panel supports Replimune’s RP1 melanoma data after two regulatory rejections

A United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee has voted 10 to 3 that efficacy findings from Replimune Group’s IGNYTE study of RP1 plus nivolumab are evaluable and clinically meaningful, handing the experimental melanoma treatment a significant regulatory reprieve after two earlier rejection letters. The committee considered RP1, also known as vusolimogene oderparepvec,

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FDA gives Replimune’s RP1 a third chance, but can it overcome the same melanoma evidence gap?

The FDA has accepted Replimune’s latest RP1 resubmission and set an August 2 decision date, reviving a melanoma programme rejected twice over trial-design and efficacy questions. A late-July advisory committee will determine whether durable responses can outweigh the absence of definitive controlled evidence.

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