Avastin Redux? Genentech’s Tecentriq Trial Failure Puts Bladder Cancer Claim At Risk
Executive Summary
Confirmatory trial misses overall survival primary endpoint, raising question of whether US FDA will seek to revoke accelerated approval of PD-L1 inhibitor’s second-line bladder cancer indication, as it did with Avastin’s breast cancer claim.
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