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The approval was based on data from the IMpower 150 trial, an open-label study involving 1202 patients with stage IV metastatic NSq NSCLC who had not received prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease, but could have received prior EGFR or ALK kinase inhibitor if appropriate, regardless of PD-L1 or T-effector gene status and ECOG performance status 0 or 1.
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Ophthalmic injections of bevacizumab exhibited no greater risk of endophthalmitis than injections of ranibizumab, according to a new study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.
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Adding bevacizumab (Avastin) to standard chemotherapy and radiation treatment does not improve survival for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma, an often deadly brain cancer, researchers reported.
Drugs in the Pipeline
Amgen and Allergan announced that their biosimilar candidate ABP 215 met its primary and secondary endpoints in a Phase 3 study evaluating its efficacy and safety compared with Avastin (bevacizumab) in adult patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Alymsys is a vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor.
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The approval was based on data demonstrating that the biosimilar product and the reference product were highly similar, and that there were no clinically meaningful differences between the agents.
Drugs in the Pipeline
Bevacizumab extended survival in women with relapsed/advanced cervical cancer, the first time a targeted agent has significantly improved OS in gynecologic cancer, according to data presented at ASCO 2013.
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Vegzelma is a vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor.
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The FDA has approved Zirabev (bevacizumab-bvzr; Pfizer), a biosimilar to Avastin (bevacizumab; Genentech).
Drugs in the Pipeline
Eli Lilly and Company announced today that the Phase 3 POINTBREAK trial did not meet its primary endpoint of improved overall survival for patients with nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who were randomized to receive a combination of Alimta (pemetrexed for injection) with bevacizumab (Avastin; Genentech) and carboplatin induction followed by Alimta plus bevacizumab maintenance-the Alimta arm-compared to the combination of paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb) with bevacizumab and carboplatin followed by bevacizumab maintenance-the paclitaxel arm.
