Additional indication for Chugai's Polivy in Japan

24 August 2022

Japanese drugmaker Chugai Pharmaceutical (TYO: 4519) today announced receipt of approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for the anticancer agent/antimicrotubule binding anti-CD79b monoclonal antibody Polivy intravenous infusion (polatuzumab vedotin (genetical recombination) for an additional indication of treatment of patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Polivy plus R-CHP has been approved as a new treatment option, the first in 20 years, for untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) following the approval for relapsed or refractory DLBCL last year

Polatuzumab vedotin was developed by Swiss pharma giant Roche (ROG: SIX) – which owns 62% of Chugai - using Seagens’ (Nasdaq: SGEN) ADC technology.

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