European Commission approves Lorviqua in previously-treated ALK-positive advanced NSCLC

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The European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization to Pfizer Inc. for Lorviqua (lorlatinib, available in the U.S., Canada, and Japan under the brand name Lorbrena), as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer whose disease has progressed after alectinib or ceritinib as the first ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy, or crizotinib and at least one other ALK TKI.

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