Genentech, a subsidiary of Swiss pharma giant Roche (ROG: SIX), says the US Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to Alecensa (alectinib) for the treatment of people with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have progressed on or are intolerant to Xalkori (crizotinib).
The drug has been developed with Roche’s majority-owned affiliate Japan’s Chugai (TYO: 4519), which launched Alecensa on its domestic market last year (The Pharma Letter September 7, 2014).
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