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Kidney Cancer Gets A Double Uplift From Latest CHMP Meeting

 
• By Alexandra Shimmings and John Davis

During its July 2016 meeting, the EU's top scientific advisory panel, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, recommended approval for two anticancers, cabozantinib and lenvatinib, that will likely shake up the advanced kidney cancer sector, and a new therapy for pancreatic cancer, liposomal and pegylated irinotecan.

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The EU's CHMP has recommended approval for two new drugs for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma, Ipsen's Cabometyx (cabozantinib) and Eisai Europe Ltd.'s Kisplyx (lenvatinib), adding to the number of options available to doctors to treat the condition, and the complexity of a sector that will likely soon include generic versions of its leading products as well as novel kinase and checkpoint inhibitors.

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