Regulatory approval
Published by the European Medicines Agency.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized atezolizumab for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after chemotherapy. Patients with EGFR mutant or ALK-positive NSCLC should also have received targeted therapies before receiving atezolizumab.
This is written in the approval document as:
Tecentriq as monotherapy is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC after prior chemotherapy. Patients with EGFR mutant or ALK-positive NSCLC should also have received targeted therapies before receiving Tecentriq.
Citation
Roche Registration GmbH. Tecentriq (atezolizumab) [product information]. European Medicines Agency website. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/tecentriq-epar-product-information_en.pdf. Revised March 2024. Accessed March 23, 2024.Therapeutic response
Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.Type | Biomarker(s) | Cancer type | Therapy(ies) | |
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Sensitivity (+) | EGFR somatic variants | Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer | Atezolizumab | |
Sensitivity (+) | v::ALK | Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer | Atezolizumab |