Tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) is a group of rare tumors. They are usually benign (not cancer) and tend to occur in people between 25 to 50 years old. The tumors affect areas of the joints and ...

Romvimza is a medicine called a kinase inhibitor that is used to treat tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) that may be made worse by surgery. TGCT is a condition where tumors form in joints of the ...

Emactuzumab has received FDA fast track designation for TGCT treatment, aiding development for conditions lacking effective options. The phase 3 TANGENT trial evaluates emactuzumab, a CSF-1R ...

Dr. William Tap led the development of vimseltinib for tenosynovial giant cell tumor. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved vimseltinib (Romvimza TM) for adult patients with a rare ...

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Tenosynovial giant cell tumors are not malignant but can impact patients’ quality of life, as one expert explained. There are not many patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumors, or TGCTs, with one ...

Patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumor can take some comfort in knowing that this rare type of tumor affecting joints won’t kill them. But that doesn’t make living with the disease easy. Merck ...

At its July 2025 meeting, the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended granting marketing authorization in the European Union for Romvimza ...

OSAKA, Japan & WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing ...

On February 14, 2025, Ono Pharmaceuticals secured FDA approval for vimseltinib, a therapy for tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT), which will be marketed as ROMVIMZA. This approval places Ono in ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved vimseltinib (Romvimza, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC) to treat adult patients with symptomatic tenosynovial giant cell tumors (TGCT) who will not ...