Brain Benefits Boost Roche's Alecensa In ALK Lung Cancer Race

Data from two studies confirm Alecensa's superiority over Pfizer's Xalkori and help Roche close the gap on Novartis' Zykadia.

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Roche looks to overtake the opposition in the ALK lung cancer market • Source: Shutterstock

Roche's hopes of Alecensa (alectinib) becoming the standard of care for advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer have been further boosted by fresh late-stage data confirming its superiority over Pfizer Inc.'s Xalkori (crizotinib) in terms of the drug's activity on brain metastases.

Data from two separate Phase III studies have been published ahead of presentations at the European Society for Medical Oncology...

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