Swiss pharma giant Roche's (ROG: SIX) Gazyva (obinutuzumab) has failed to meet the primary endpoint of a Phase III study in people with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
Gazyva, which is known as Gazyvaro in Europe, was tested in the GOYA study with CHOP chemotherapy in people with previously DLBCL in comparison with Roche’s approved medicine, MabThera/ Rituxan (rituximab) with chemotherapy.
It failed to reduce the risk of disease worsening or death, known as progression free survival (PFS), in comparison with the existing therapy.
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