Roche wins Japan approval for personalised cancer drug Rozlytrek

Published On 2019-06-19 06:31 GMT   |   Update On 2021-08-16 07:55 GMT

ZURICH: Swiss drugmaker Roche on Tuesday won approval in Japan for Rozlytrek as the world's biggest maker of cancer drugs pushes ahead in personalised medicines that require a biomarker test to identify prospective patients.


Roche said Japan is the first country to approve Rozlytrek, also known as entrectinib, targeting people with NTRK fusion-positive solid tumours, across 10 different tumour types, including those with central nervous system metastases.

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