Pfizer's Talzenna wins European approval

24 June 2019

Some eight months after gaining marketing clearance for the drug in the USA, and an April advisory committee recommendation in Europe, US pharma giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) has now also won approval for Talzenna (talazoparib) in the European Union.

The company announced on Friday that the European Commission approved Talzenna, an oral poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor,as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with germline breast cancer susceptibility gene (gBRCA)1/2-mutations, who have human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-) locally advanced (LA) or metastatic breast cancer (MBC).

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