Category: Drug therapy

As of 2021, over 80,000 opioid-related overdose deaths occurred in the U.S., highlighting the critical need for effective addiction treatment. While both Suboxone and Sublocade are FDA-approved treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD), they are not the same thing, despite both containing the active ingredient buprenorphine.

According to the FDA, Tivdak was granted accelerated approval in 2021 for the treatment of recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer in adults who have progressed during or after previous chemotherapy. This targeted therapy, known by its generic name tisotumab vedotin-tftv, is a specialized antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that functions differently from traditional chemotherapy by directly targeting cancer cells.