Gazyva’s GALLIUM Could Be ‘Practice-Changing’ For Follicular Lymphoma

Genentech’s next-generation anti-CD20 antibody Gazyva bested the Roche subsidiary’s original CD20-targeting therapy Rituxan in first-line follicular lymphoma – a result in the Phase III GALLIUM study that one oncologist viewed as “practice-changing.”

SAN DIEGO – Data from Genentech Inc.’s 1,202-patient Phase III GALLIUM clinical trial in previously untreated follicular lymphoma showed a 34% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death for the Roche subsidiary’s Gazyva (obinutuzumab) compared with the company’s own Rituxan (rituximab) – a result that investigators view as potentially practice-changing.

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