FDA Grants Expanded Use of Pfizer Cancer Drug Xalkori

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Pfizer Inc.’s Xalkori for treatment of a rare form of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, making it the first therapy for the condition.

The drug’s use has been expanded to treat the roughly 1% of patients with advanced, or metastatic, non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have an ROS-1 gene alteration, thought to lead to abnormal cells. Xalkori, or crizotinib, is the first..

Read article

i360Gov Newsletters

The most significant government policy, business, and technology news and analysis delivered to your inbox.

Subscribe Now

Trending