Regulatory approval

Published by the Food and Drug Administration.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to binimetinib in combination with encorafenib for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with a BRAF V600E or V600K mutation, as detected by an FDA-approved test.

This is written in the approval document as:

MEKTOVI is a kinase inhibitor indicated in combination with encorafenib, for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with a BRAF V600E or V600K mutation, as detected by an FDA-approved test.

Citation

Array BioPharma, Inc. Mektovi (binimetinib) [package insert]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/210498s009lbl.pdf. Revised October 2023. Accessed October 30, 2024.

Therapeutic response

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

Type	Biomarker(s)	Cancer type	Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+)	BRAF p.V600E	Melanoma	Binimetinib, Encorafenib
Sensitivity (+)	BRAF p.V600K	Melanoma	Binimetinib, Encorafenib