Genentech, Inc.
NEWS
Polivy is approved for front-line DLBCL as part of a combination regimen including Rituxan, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and prednisone.
Roche, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Merck and Affimed presented new data in liver cancer, lung cancer, melanoma and lymphoma.
There have already been several big biotech licensing deals in Q1. See inside for some of this quarter’s biggest licensing deals — from the surprising and pivotal to the lucrative and consequential.
The FDA is expected to make decisions on Emergent BioSolutions’ sNDA for OTC Narcan and Roche’s Polivy in frontline DLBCL.
An independent panel of advisers voted to approve Genentech’s Polivy after internal FDA staff raised concerns regarding the efficacy and risk-benefit profile as a first-line treatment for large B-cell lymphoma.
The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will meet March 9 to discuss Roche’s sBLA for Polivy in first-line DLBCL, while Acadia awaits potential approval of the first therapy for Rett Syndrome.
Data from a Phase III study show Genentech’s crovalimab is non-inferior to AstraZeneca’s Soliris, the current standard of care in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).
Roche’s Tecentriq (atezolizumab) combined with Avastin (bevacizumab) met the primary efficacy endpoint in early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma in the Phase III IMbrave050 study.
Backed by Versant and Genentech, Belharra Therapeutics launched Wednesday with $130 million in total financing to advance its novel chemoproteomics platform.
JOBS
IN THE PRESS