Regulatory approval

Published by the European Medicines Agency.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized alectinib as a monotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

This is written in the approval document as:

Alecensa as monotherapy is indicated for the first-line treatment of adult patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Citation

Roche Registration GmbH. Alecensa (alectinib) [product information]. European Medicines Agency website. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/alecensa-epar-product-information_en.pdf. Revised June 2024. Accessed October 18, 2024.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type	Biomarker(s)	Cancer type	Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+)	v::ALK	Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	Alectinib