Pfizer has secured regular approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Xalkori (crizotinib) capsules to treat patients with metastatic ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The approval was based on ...
The European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization for Pfizer’s Xalkori (crizotinib) to treat anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the European Union (EU). ...
Tags: Xalkori, crizotinib, anaplastic lymphoma kinase, ALK
Cytocell, a developer of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes for use in cancer analysis, has unveiled a ROS1 Breakapart FISH probe test for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The molecular cytogenetic test, which utilizes ...
Abbott will expand the current CE-IVD product labeling for its Vysis ALK Break Apart FISH Probe Kit to allow the test to be marketed in the European Union as a companion diagnostic. The test uses Abbott's proprietary fluorescence in situ ...
Tags: Abbott, anaplastic lymphoma kinase, ALK, FISH technology
Pfizer Canada has announced the availability of Xalkori (crizotinib) for patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in Canada. A validated ALK assay should be used to ...
Tags: ALK, ALK-positive lung cancer, Pfizer Canada