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Roche Hopes To Gain Broad Market For Tecentriq In Adjuvant NSCLC

Interim ASCO Data Show Improvement in PD-L1 Expressors, All-Comers

 
• By Alaric DeArment

An executive told Scrip the company hopes to target all-comers as well as PD-L1-positive patients.

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Roche unveiled data from its Phase III study of Tecentriq in adjuvant NSCLC at ASCO • Source: Shutterstock

Roche Holding AG’s Genentech, Inc. subsidiary has its eye on an accelerated approval for Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in the adjuvant setting of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with interim Phase III trial results that could make it the first immune checkpoint inhibitor in the setting.

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