Tag Archives: lung cancer

US FDA grants accelerated approval to Roche’s Alecensa® for the treatment of people with specific type of lung cancer

BASEL, 14-12-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to Alecensa® (alectinib) for the treatment of people with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer … Read the full press release

Roche received second Breakthrough Therapy Designation from FDA for its investigational cancer immunotherapy MPDL3280A (anti-PDL1)

Second FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for MPDL3280A following bladder cancer in 2014 BASEL, 3-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that it has received a second Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the United States Food and … Read the full press release

GlaxoSmithKline plc received FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for its Tafinlar® (dabrafenib)

Marks GSK’s fourth Breakthrough Therapy designation London, UK, 17-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ —  GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE: GSK) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for Tafinlar®(dabrafenib) for treatment of patients with metastatic BRAF V600E … Read the full press release

Roche launches Elecsys ProGRP test that distinguishes the two main types of lung cancer

New test expands cancer diagnostics portfolio and strengthens Roche Diagnostics’ comprehensive tumour marker menu 19-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced the global launch (except US) of Elecsys ProGRP, a test that distinguishes between the two … Read the full press release