Genentech’s Subcutaneous Tecentriq Shows Non-Inferiority To I.V. Formulation

The Roche affiliate hopes to bring subcutaneous Tecentriq to market, offering patient and clinician advantages while also beating Merck’s Keytruda and Bristol’s Opdivo to the finish line

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Genentech plans to seek approval of a subcutaneous version of Tecentriq • Source: Shutterstock

Developers of the top-selling checkpoint inhibitor therapies for cancer are competing to bring the first subcutaneous formulation to market and Genentech, Inc. announced a major step in that goal on 2 August, revealing that a pivotal study testing a subcutaneous formulation of its anti-PD-L1 therapy Tecentriq (atezolizumab) versus the current intravenous formula met the primary endpoints.

The Roche Holding AG subsidiary did not provide any numerical data from the Phase Ib/III IMscin001 trial, but said...

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