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U.S. FDA gives priority review to Roche’s Tecentriq lung cancer drug – Metro US

U.S. FDA gives priority review to Roche’s Tecentriq lung cancer drug

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of FDA headquarters in
FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of FDA headquarters in White Oak, Maryland

ZURICH (Reuters) – The United States Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has granted a priority review for Roche’s Tecentriq treatment for people suffering with early, non-small-cell lung cancer, the Swiss company said on Tuesday.

The FDA is due to decide on approval by Dec. 1 for the use of Tecentriq as an adjuvnt treatment, where a substance is used to increase the efficacy or potency of certain drugs, Roche said.

(Reporting by John Revill; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)