Pfizer Well-Placed To Lead First-Line Advanced RCC Market

Two successful Phase III studies of Inlyta in combination with two distinct immunotherapies, including its own, Merck KGaA-partnered Bavencio, puts Pfizer in a very strong position in the advanced kidney cancer market.

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Javelin data helps Pfizer leap ahead in renal cell carcinoma • Source: Shutterstock

The likelihood of Pfizer Inc. becoming the leader for first-line treatment of advanced renal cancer has increased on the back of recent data read-outs that put the behemoth at the heart of the checkpoint/tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) combos that look set to be practice-changing.

Support for that view comes from the full data readout from the JAVELIN Renal 101 Phase III study presented at this month's ESMO meeting in Munich which showed that Pfizer...

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