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MAY 19, 2016

FDA Approves Tecentriq for Urothelial Carcinoma

By SPC News Staff
 
The FDA granted approval to atezolizumab injection (Tecentriq, Genentech) to treat patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who have disease progression during or after platinum-containing chemotherapy, or have disease progression within 12 months of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with platinum-containing chemotherapy.
 
Atezolizumab is a monoclonal antibody designed to bind with the programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) protein, which is