{"id":877,"date":"2019-04-03T23:35:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T23:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfj-pharma.com\/?p=877"},"modified":"2021-02-10T18:34:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T18:34:31","slug":"vizimpro-dacomitinib-receives-marketing-authorization-in-european-union-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfj-pharma.com\/vizimpro-dacomitinib-receives-marketing-authorization-in-european-union-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"VIZIMPRO\u00ae (dacomitinib) Receives Marketing Authorization in European Union (EU)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced that the European Commission has approved VIZIMPRO\u00ae (dacomitinib), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), as monotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-activating mutations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide and despite advances in biomarker-driven therapies, overcoming resistance continues to be crucial in treating EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer,\u201d said Andreas Penk, M.D., regional president, Oncology International Developed Markets at Pfizer. \u201cThe marketing authorization of VIZIMPRO, which has shown a more than five-month improvement in progression-free survival over an existing therapy in a Phase 3 clinical trial, provides a new option for patients with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer and reinforces Pfizer\u2019s ongoing commitment to addressing the remaining needs of the thousands of EU patients with this disease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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