Blow To Roche Growth Prospects As TIGIT Lung Cancer Trial Fails

Cancer Combination Fails In Phase III

Failure of the tiragolumab plus Tecentriq combination in first line NSCLC patients is a blow to Roche’s immunotherapy aspirations, and its long-term growth strategy.

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Tiragolumab had been expected to generate its own peak sales of 2.5bn, and boost those of Tecentriq too. • Source: Alamy

Roche has suffered a major setback in its goal to lead in a new class of cancer immunotherapies, with the surprise failure of its anti-TIGIT tiragolumab in non-small cell lung cancer.

The results have also damaged the firm’s long-term growth prospects, which depend on it finding new cancer therapies to replace...

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