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GSK’s Dostarlimab Gets EU Nod For Endometrial Cancer

 
• By Alexandra Shimmings

While its NDA languishes at the US Food and Drug Administration, the EMA’s CHMP has said yes to dostarlimab’s marketing in the EU for endometrial cancer.    

EU Women Will Soon Have A New Treatment Option For Endometrial Cancer • Source: Shutterstock

GlaxoSmithKline plc is set to get its novel anti-PD-1 product dostarlimab over the line for use in endometrial cancer at last, following a positive opinion from the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) at its meeting this week.

The product, which will be marketed in the EU as Jemperli (500mg dostarlimab per 10 ml solution for infusion), potentiates T-cell responses, including anti-tumor responses through blockade of PD-1 binding to PD L1 and PD L2 ligands, and gives GSK its first PD-1 targeting checkpoint inhibitor for cancer

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