FDA Approves Belzutifan for von Hippel-Lindau Disease-Associted Tumors

On August 13, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved belzutifan, a hypoxia-inducible factor inhibitor, for adult patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease who require therapy for associated renal cell carcinoma, central nervous system hemangioblastomas, or pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, not requiring immediate surgery.

Read the FDA announcement.

Read the Merck announcement.

Posted 8/16/2021