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U.S. FDA approves Novartis therapy for prostate cancer

28 March 2022, 1:31 AM  |
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Swiss drugmaker Novartis' logo is seen at the company's plant in the northern Swiss town of Stein, Switzerland October 23, 2017.

Swiss drugmaker Novartis' logo is seen at the company's plant in the northern Swiss town of Stein, Switzerland October 23, 2017.

Swiss drugmaker Novartis' logo is seen at the company's plant in the northern Swiss town of Stein, Switzerland October 23, 2017.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novartis AG’s (NOVN.S) therapy for the treatment of patients with a type of advanced prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, the drugmaker said.

Novartis’ Pluvicto is a targeted radioligand therapy for adult patients who have already undergone other anticancer treatments.

The company bought the therapy as part of its $2.1 billion purchase of cancer drugmaker Endocyte in 2018.

Pluvicto is a precision treatment combining a targeting compound, or ligand, with a cancer-killing radioactive particle, Novartis said.

The company said it has submitted marketing authorization for Pluvicto to the European Medicines Agency and other health authorities.

Two late-stage studies evaluating Pluvicto in earlier lines of treatment for metastatic prostate cancer are underway, according to Novartis.

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