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CHMP Nod For Ipsen's Mainstay Cancer Drug Cabometyx In First-Line RCC

 
• By Lucie Ellis-Taitt

The EMA's drug assessment committee, the CHMP, has given Ipsen's Cabometyx a positive recommendation for use in first-line kidney cancer, a label extension that will add more weight to the company's standing as a cancer specialist.

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CHMP recommends approval of Ipsen's Cabometyx in first-line RCC

Ipsen's cancer therapy Cabometyx (cabozantinib) has won CHMP endorsement for approval in Europe in a new indication, first-line renal cell cancer (RCC) – an important step for a product that Ipsen expects to be the backbone of its broader oncology portfolio.

Sotirios Stergiopoulos, Ipsen's global medical affairs and chief medical officer, R&D, told Scrip that when Ipsen started development almost 13 years ago, there were no targeted treatments available for patients...

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