Novartis Submits Femara For Early Adjuvant Treatment Of Breast Cancer

Femara would be first breast cancer drug with adjuvant and extended adjuvant approvals, Novartis says. Supplemental NDA is based on a reduction of the risk of recurrence in the BIG 1-98 trial; the 8,000-patient study is continuing to determine if monotherapy or sequential therapy with tamoxifen is more effective.