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Astellas, Seattle Genetics Break Ground With US ADC Approval

Earlier-Stage Combo Also Shows Big Promise

 
• By Ian Haydock

Co-developers gain nod for novel antibody-drug conjugate that provides new option for patients with advanced form of bladder cancer.

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ADC Provides New Option For Advanced Bladder Cancer • Source: Shutterstock

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Astellas Pharma Inc. and Seattle Genetics Inc.'s first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv), providing a new treatment option for later-stage patients with a form of cancer that can currently be very difficult to treat.

The novel therapy, which targets the nectin-4 cell surface protein highly expressed in bladder cancer, has been cleared for the treatment of adults with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer...

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