U.S. FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for NVL-655
“Today’s announcement of FDA breakthrough therapy designation for NVL-655 marks another important milestone for our ALK program and the second breakthrough designation granted to our pipeline of novel kinase inhibitors this year,” said Darlene Noci, A.L.M., Chief Development Officer at Nuvalent. “Our team is committed to expeditiously advancing NVL-655 in recognition of the continued need for innovation for patients with ALK-positive NSCLC who have exhausted available therapies. We expect to provide an update from the ALKOVE-1 trial of NVL-655 at a medical meeting in the second half of this year.”
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