Novartis's Targeted Radioligand Improves OS And PFS In Prostate Cancer

Further Details At Upcoming Medical Meeting

Novartis’s PSMA-targeted radioligand has improved overall survival and progression-free survival in top-line results from the Phase III VISION study in prostate cancer, cementing the company's pioneering role in the therapeutic area.  

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Prostate Cancer Cells • Source: Shutterstock

Novartis AG's 177Lu-PSMA-617 has met both overall survival (OS) and radiographic progression-free survival (PFS) primary endpoints in the Phase III VISION study in prostate cancer, but the company is holding back, for now, on the extent of the therapeutic benefit of the candidate radiotherapy. 

The Basel, Switzerland-based big pharma released the top-line results of the VISION study on 23 March, and said it would...

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