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Withdrawn | Cancer Accelerated Approvals

This listing includes accelerated approvals (AAs) for malignant hematology and oncology indications1 that have been subsequently withdrawn, and are therefore, no longer FDA-approved. Please refer to Drugs@FDA for the latest approvals and prescribing information for specific products. Visit the ongoing or verified AA indication pages for more information.

Drug Name Accelerated Approval (AA) Indication Accelerated Approval Date Withdrawal Date2
Keytruda (pembrolizumab) Metastatic SCLC with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other prior line of therapy 6/17/2019 3/30/2021
Tecentriq (atezolizumab) In combination with paclitaxel protein-bound for unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer whose tumors express PD-L1 (PD-L1 stained tumor-infiltrating immune cells of any intensity covering = 1% of the tumor area), as determined by an FDA-approved test. 3/8/2019 10/6/2021
Opdivo (nivolumab) Metastatic SCLC with progression after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other line of therapy 8/16/2018 12/29/2020
Opdivo (nivolumab) Hepatocellular carcinoma previously treated with sorafenib 9/22/2017 7/23/2021
Imfinzi (durvalumab) Locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma that progressed during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy or within 12 months of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with platinum-containing chemotherapy 5/1/2017 2/19/2021
Lartruvo (olaratumab) In combination with doxorubicin for adults with soft tissue sarcoma with a histologic subtype for which an anthracycline-containing regimen is appropriate and which is not amenable to curative treatment with radiotherapy or surgery 10/19/2016 2/25/2020
Tecentriq (atezolizumab) Locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma that progressed during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy or within 12 months of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with platinum-containing chemotherapy 5/18/2016 4/13/2021
Istodax (romidepsin) Peripheral T-cell lymphoma in patients who have received at least one prior therapy 6/16/2011 7/30/2021
Oforta (fludarabine  phosphate) For adults with B-cell CLL that has not responded to or progressed during or after treatment with at least one standard alkylating agent containing regimen 12/18/2008 12/31/2011
Avastin (bevacizumab) In combination with paclitaxel for patients who have not received chemotherapy for metastatic HER2 negative breast cancer 2/22/2008 11/18/2011
Bexxar (tositumomab and iodine i 131 tositumomab) For patients with relapsed or refractory low-grade follicular or transformed CD20+ NHL who have not received rituximab 12/22/2004 10/23/2013
Iressa (gefitinib) As monotherapy for locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC after failure of platinum-based and docetaxel chemotherapy 5/5/2003 4/25/2012
Mylotarg (gemtuzumab  ozogamicin) For patients with CD33+ AML in first relapse 60 years of age or older and not candidates for cytotoxic chemotherapy 5/17/2000 11/28/2011
Celebrex (celecoxib) To reduce the number of adenomatous colorectal polyps in familial adenomatous polyposis patients, as an adjunct to usual care 12/23/1999 6/8/2012
  • 1. Each unique oncology indication-product pairing is listed individually (this database excludes supportive care products and changes to dosing or formulation).
  • 2. Withdrawal date indicates either the effective date published by the Federal Register or the date the product label was updated, whichever date came first.
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