Libtayo + chemo approved by EC for first-line treatment of advanced PD-L1-positive NSCLC

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The European Commission approved Libtayo (cemiplimab) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with ≥1% PD-L1 expression. This includes patients that have no EGFR, ALK, or ROS1 aberrations and whose tumors are metastatic or locally advanced and not candidates for definitive chemoradiation.

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