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Gilead’s First-In-Class Drug For Aggressive Breast Cancer On Track For EU Approval

Conditional Approval In Store For Janssen’s Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment

 
• By Vibha Sharma

EU reviewers have recommended five new medicines and a pneumococcal vaccine for EU-wide approval. New uses of several approved medicines have also drawn the thumbs up, while the sponsor of a cancer drug has withdrawn its product from the review process.

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Trodelvy Can Become The New Standard Of Care In TNBC For Use As A Second-Line Option • Source: Alamy

The European Medicines Agency has recommended pan-EU approval for six new products, including Gilead Sciences’ first-in-class medicine for treating aggressive forms of breast cancer, Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan).

The agency recommended granting conditional marketing authorization to Rybrevant (amivantamab), Janssen-Cilag International’s treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. It...

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