ASCO News From Genentech

Genentech medicines that represent progress in targeted medicines and immunotherapies:

  • Alectinib, pivotal data showing the investigational ALK inhibitor shrank tumors in about half of the people with advanced ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following treatment with crizotinib [press release].
  • Atezolizumab (MPDL3280A; anti-PDL1), data showing the investigational cancer immunotherapy reduced the risk of death by half in advanced NSCLC [press release].
  • Cobimetinib data showing the investigational MEK inhibitor helped people with advanced BRAF-mutated melanoma live for a year without disease progression [press release].
  • Gazyva®(obinutuzumab) data showing the anti-CD20 antibody helped double the time before disease progression in people with indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma who stopped responding to a standard of care [press release].
  • Perjeta® (pertuzumab) data showing the medicine helped reduce the risk of disease progression, recurrence or death when used prior to surgery by people with HER2-positive early breast cancer.  [press release].
Viewpoints from the cancer community on hot topics at ASCO, which are available at gene.com/topics/asco. There are patient perspectives on living with cancer, discussions of clinical trial trends, interactive tools on cancer immunotherapy, and much more.


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