FDA approves Roche´s Tecentriq in combination with chemotherapy for the initial treatment of adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
(WorldNews Switzerland)

Basel, 19 March 2019 FDA approves Roche`s Tecentriq in combination with chemotherapy for the initial treatment of adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer Tecentriq in combination with chemotherapy (carboplatin and etoposide) is the first and only cancer immunotherapy approved for the initial treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) First new initial treatment option approved by FDA for people with ES-SCLC in more than 20 years Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Tecentriq® (atezolizumab), in combination with carboplatin and etoposide (chemotherapy), for the initial (first-line) treatment...