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Atezolizumab, sold under the brand name Tecentriq among others, is a monoclonal antibody medication used to treat urothelial carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), small cell lung cancer (SCLC), hepatocellular carcinoma and alveolar soft part sarcoma, [9] [11] but discontinued for use in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). [12]
This list of over 500 monoclonal antibodies includes approved and investigational drugs as well as drugs that have been withdrawn from market; consequently, the column Use does not necessarily indicate clinical usage. See the list of FDA-approved therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in the monoclonal antibody therapy page.
The subcutaneous injection of atezolizumab and hyaluronidase was evaluated in IMscin001 (NCT03735121), an open-label, multi-center, international, randomized trial in adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer who were not previously exposed to cancer immunotherapy and who had disease progression following treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy. [2]
Roche (RHHBY) gets an FDA approval of sBLA for Tecentriq in combination with chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).
The FDA accepts and grants Priority Review to Roche's (RHHBY) sBLA for Tecentriq in combination with carboplatin and etoposide for the initial treatment of patients withextensive-stage small cell ...
The FDA approves Roche's (RHHBY) Tecentriq for expanded use. It grants priority review status to AstraZeneca (AZN) & Merck's (MRK) supplemental applications.
It was approved in 2014. Nivolumab is approved to treat melanoma, lung cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancer, and Hodgkin's lymphoma. [16] Pembrolizumab (brand name Keytruda) is another PD-1 inhibitor that was approved by the FDA in 2014 and was the second checkpoint inhibitor approved in the United States. [17]
The U.S. health regulator's approval extends Keytruda's use in combination with chemotherapy as a treatment given before surgery to shrink the size of the tumor in patients. The U.S. drugmaker is ...