Roche's Tecentriq-Avastin Combo Improves PFS In Kidney Cancer Too

Top-line results from Roche's Phase III IMmotion151 study indicates the first-line use of a Tecentriq-Avastin combination has a significant effect on patients with advanced renal cancer who are PD-L1 expressers, but further details from the study will only become available in 2018.

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Swiss multinational Roche may have entered the checkpoint inhibitor market behind other big pharma companies, but it is continuing to rack up promising initial results with its PD-L1 inhibitor, Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in a series of cancers, tangible evidence that it may be catching up fast with its competitors.

Combination therapy with Tecentriq and the company's anti-VEGF anticancer, Avastin (bevacizumab) has shown beneficial effects as a first-line therapy against...

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