Pfizer is now poised to tout its anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor Xalkori (crizotinib) as a standard of care in both the first and second-line setting for patients with ALK-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), following positive results in the Phase III PROFILE 1014 study.
Top-line data from the study show that it met its primary endpoint of prolonging progression-free survival (PFS) in previously untreated...