Petosemtamab granted Breakthrough Therapy designation by the US FDA for 1L PD-L1 positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
“We believe petosemtamab’s second BTD continues to validate its potential to become a new standard of care for patients with r/m HNSCC and underscores our commitment to accelerate development of petosemtamab for these patients,” said Fabian Zohren, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer of Merus. “Importantly, this designation indicates the interim clinical data we shared with the FDA demonstrates petosemtamab’s potential for substantial improvement over available therapies in the 1L PD-L1+ setting.”
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