FDA has granted Priority Review to TAR-200, an intravesical gemcitabine releasing system, for the treatment of patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-unresponsive high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ, with or without papillary tumors.
FDA gives TAR-200 Priority Review for invasive bladder cancer
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