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FDA approves Afinitor for GI or lung neuroendocrine tumors

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FDA approved Afinitor (everolimus), sponsored by Novartis, for the treatment of adult patients with progressive, well-differentiated non-functional, neuroendocrine tumors of gastrointestinal or lung origin with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic disease. The approval was based on demonstration of improvement in progression-free survival in a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of everolimus 10 mg orally once daily...

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