Genentech has made history in the US as the first company to have a Food and Drug Administration-designated breakthrough therapy gain market approval. The product is Gazyva (obinutuzumab/GA101), which has won approval in combination with chlorambucil as a therapy for treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)1.
San Francisco-based Genentech gained the FDA’s nod well-ahead of the 20 December goal date for the biologics license application (BLA),...




