Genentech’s Tecentriq Stakes New Claim With FDA Lung Cancer Approval

Genentech’s PD-L1 inhibitor Tecentriq could steal market share from the PD-1 inhibitors Opdivo and Keytruda in its new indication, but the Roche subsidiary’s drug is a year behind competitors from Bristol-Myers and Merck in NSCLC with seven Phase III trials under way to expand its reach in lung cancer.

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US FDA approval for Tecentriq (atezolizumab) as a second-line treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) allows Genentech Inc. to stake its claim in an indication where its predecessors have been approved for a year or more – and where the Roche subsidiary believes it can win market share.

Genentech said on Oct. 18 that the FDA approved Tecentriq to treat people with metastatic NSCLC whose disease progressed during...

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