US FDA Fine-Tunes Tecentriq, Keytruda First-Line Bladder Cancer Accelerated Approval Indications

FDA’s decision to restrict use based on the level of PD-L1 expression shows how confirmatory trials for accelerated approval can help to inform and adapt labeling. 

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A June 19 labeling change for two PD-1/L1 inhibitors in bladder cancer shows how FDA is matching the regulatory flexibility that has nurtured rapid growth in immuno-oncology approvals with strong (yet still flexible) surveillance oversight after marketing.

Labels for Roche's Tecentriq (atezolizumab) and Merck & Co. Inc.'s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) now limit the first-line indications for...

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