ImmunityBio Will Aim Anktiva At Large Share Of Bladder Cancer Market

Execs Richard Adcock and Patrick Soon-Shiong told Scrip the company sees an addressable US population of about 20,000 and is aiming for ease of physician adoption.

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ImmunityBio Inc. plans to target a large chunk of the bladder cancer population with its newly approved immuno-oncology drug Anktiva (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln) after receiving the US Food and Drug Administration’s green light for certain patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).

The FDA approved Anktiva on 22 April in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) for patients with BCG-unresponsive NMIBC with carcinoma...

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