U.S. indication of Tecentriq® for the treatment of cisplatin-ineligible, PD-L1+ve adults with locally advanced or mUC to be withdrawn
“While we are disappointed with this withdrawal, we understand the need to uphold the principles of the FDA’s Accelerated Approval Program, which brings innovative medicines to patients sooner. We remain confident in the benefit Tecentriq offers to people diagnosed with some of the most difficult-to-treat forms of cancer,” said Levi Garraway, M.D., Ph.D., chief medical officer and head of Global Product Development. “There is a considerable unmet need for effective and tolerable treatments for people living with advanced bladder cancer and so we regret that the IMvigor130 trial did not cross the statistical threshold for overall survival.”
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