Roche’s checkpoint inhibitor has been approved in combination with nab-paclitaxel in the EU for triple-negative breast cancer, cementing the company’s role as an innovator in breast cancer therapies.

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Tecentriq has become the second authorized medicine to be made available for an unapproved indication under modifications to France’s early access program. Patients with small cell lung cancer can now be given the product pending EU approval of its use in this condition.