ASCO 2020: Roche Highlights TIGIT As Tecentriq Bags Another Approval

FDA Okays Practice-Changing Treatment For Liver Cancer

The Swiss major focused almost exclusively on the benefits of the combination of Tecentriq and its TIGIT inhibitor tiragolumab at ASCO but also celebrated the approval of a Tecentriq/Avastin combo for hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Liver cancer will be an important new indication for Tecentriq • Source: Shutterstock

As the virtual doors opened on the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, Roche's cancer franchise received a huge boost with a second US approval in less than a fortnight for its checkpoint inhibitor Tecentriq as a first-line treatment for the most common form of liver cancer.

The US Food and Drug Administration approved the PD-L1 inhibitor Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in combination with Roche's anti-VEGF blockbuster Avastin (bevacizumab)...

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