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FDA approves Roche’s Tecentriq plus lurbinectedin as first-line maintenance therapy for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
Combination reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 46% and risk of death by 27% in pivotal phase III IMforte study1First and only combination therapy for the first-line maintenance treatment of ES-SCLC, which is critical to help address the high rate of relapse in ES-SCLC2Regimen recommended in National Comprehensive Cancer Network® Guidelines for SCLC*3 Basel, 3 October 2025 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ap
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