Novartis Hopes For Canakinumab In Lung Cancer Nosedive

Second Phase III Fail In NSCLC

After deciding to examine canakinumab's potential in lung cancer on the back of the CANTOS cardiovascular trial, Novartis designed a major late-stage program in oncology for the interleukin-1 beta inhibitor. The second of those CANOPY trials has just come crashing down.

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Novartis canopy program needs patching up • Source: Alamy

The possibility that Novartis AG's canakinumab could offer an option in oncology looks increasingly distant now that the anti-inflammatory agent has failed another late-stage lung cancer study.

The Swiss major unveiled topline results from the CANOPY-1 Phase III study which showed that canakinumab did not meet its...

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