Vitrakvi is effective against a wide variety of cancers driven by NTRK fusion. But finding the patients who will benefit will be a challenge, given there are expected to be only around 2,500 to 3,000 new cases in the US and testing for the mutation is uncommon.
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In a momentous move for precision medicine, the FDA has granted accelerated approval to Loxo Oncology Inc. and Bayer AG's cancer treatment Vitrakvi (larotrectinib) based on a common biomarker rather than the location in the body where the tumor originated.
Vitrakvi has got the thumbs-up for the treatment of both adult and children with solid tumors that have a neurotrophic...
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