FDA Tarceva approval

April 22, 2010

THE US Food and Drug Administration has approved OSI Pharmaceuticals’ Tarceva (erlotinib) as a maintenance treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose disease has not progressed after four cycles of first-line chemotherapy. Tarceva is a once-daily pill which is already FDA-approved for people whose cancer has grown or spread after receiving at least one course of chemotherapy. OSI ceo Colin Goddard said the company was pursuing the study of additional uses for Tarceva incl as a first line lung cancer treatment, & ovarian and hepatocellular cancer.

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FDA Tarceva approval

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