Targeted Drug, Broad Questions: Clovis' Rociletinib Faces Scrutiny On Efficacy, Safety, Dosing

FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee to opine on whether the tyrosine kinase inhibitor should come to market under accelerated approval now or await results from an ongoing Phase III confirmatory trial.

Clovis Oncology Inc.'s breakthrough-designated lung cancer drug Xegafri (rociletinib) is expected to face a challenging FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee review April 12 on three fronts: efficacy, safety and appropriate dose.

Clovis is seeking accelerated approval for the treatment of patients with EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer who have been previously treated with an EGFR-targeted therapy and who have the T790M mutation as detected by an FDA approved test

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