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Takeda’s Alunbrig To Battle Entrenched EU Competitors In First-Line ALK-Positive NSCLC

Bayer/Orion’s Nubeqa Also Cleared For Prostate Cancer

 
• By John Davis

EU Approvals: Takeda advances its targeted ALK-positive NSCLC tyrosine kinase inhibitor into early lines of therapy, while Bayer and Finland’s Orion gain clearance for their androgen receptor inhibitor for prostate cancer.  

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.'s growing momentum in oncology has continued with the EU approval of an additional first-line indication for its next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor, Alunbrig (brigatinib), in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Brigatinib came with the $5.2bn acquisition of US biotech, Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc., in 2017, and is testament to Takeda’s strategic business development plans, which have included the $62bn acquisition of Shire and the more recent buildup of gene therapy R&D

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