Expanded Lung Cancer Claim For Lilly’s Cyramza Faces US FDA Scrutiny
Executive Summary
Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will consider whether a statistically significant benefit on progression-free survival, but no survival advantage, is enough to secure a first-line lung cancer indication for ramucirumab.
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