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FDA Approves Expanded Indication for Telix's Illuccix to Include Patient Selection for PSMA-Directed Radioligand Therapy

MELBOURNE, Australia, March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, Telix, the Company)today announces that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplementary New Drug Application (sNDA) for Illuccix (kit for the preparation of gallium Ga 68 gozetotide injection) to enable its use for the selection of patients with metastatic prostate cancer, for whom lutetium-177 (177Lu) PSMA-directed therapy is indicated.[1] The label expansion means Illuccix is now approved in the U.S. to identify and select patients who are candidates for the only FDA-approved prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)- directed radioligand therapy (Pluvicto),[2] providing doctors with critical information to guide patient management and help optimise treatment outcomes. To qualify for radioligand therapy, patients must be imaged with an approved gallium-based PSMA-PET agent.[3] As the only diagnostic agent for prostate cancer that combines the accuracy of gall ....

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