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FDA Approves Libtayo® as Monotherapy for Advanced NSCLC


FDA Approves Libtayo® as Monotherapy for Advanced NSCLC
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Subject: FDA Approves Libtayo
 
 
Regeneron and Sanofi received U.S. FDA approval for Libtayo® (cemiplimab-rwlc, an PD-1 inhibitor) for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have high PD-L1 expression (tumor proportion score ≥50%), %), as determined by an FDA-approved test. Patients must either have metastatic or locally advanced tumors that are not candidates for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation, and the tumors must not have EGFR, ALK or ROS1 aberrations.
 
This NSCLC indication is the third FDA approval for LIBTAYO and follows another approval earlier this month for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma previously treated with a hedgehog inhibitor (HHI) or for whom a HHI is not appropriate. ....

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Sanofi: FDA approves Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc) monotherapy for patients with first-line advanced non-small cell lung cancer with PD-L1 expression of =50%


Sanofi: FDA approves Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc) monotherapy for patients with first-line advanced non-small cell lung cancer with PD-L1 expression of =50%
N=356
a
14 months
Median (95% CI)
b Based on stratified proportional hazards model
An additional prespecified analysis was performed in 563 patients with proven PD-L1 expression of =50%, according to the FDA-approved assay, and is described in the updated labeling of the FDA-approved assay (and also recently
published (https://www.sanofi.com/en/media-room/press-releases/2021/2021-02-12-07-00-00) in
The Lancet). This analysis showed that Libtayo reduced the risk of death by 43% compared to chemotherapy, with additional efficacy results as follows:
Endpoints ....

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