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FDA OKs Blueprint/Roche's Gavreto As Rival To Lilly's Retevmo

US Launch For RET Drug Within A Week

 
• By Kevin Grogan

Regulators in the US have approved Gavreto for metastatic rearranged during transfection (RET) fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer, setting the stage for a head-to-head battle for market share with Eli Lilly's Retevmo.

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Roche and Blueprint Pursuing Lilly • Source: Shutterstock

Competition for Eli Lilly and Company's RET mutation lung cancer drug Retevmo has arrived sooner than expected, with regulators in the US giving the green light to Blueprint Medicines Corporation and Roche Holding AG's same-class compound pralsetinib, which will be marketed as Gavreto.

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