Novartis’ Afinitor Ambitions Set Back By Phase III Liver Cancer Failure
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Announcing the failure of the Phase III EVOLVE-1 study of Afinitor in liver cancer, Novartis says that current approvals won’t be affected and that it plans to press on with Phase III studies in other indications.
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