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Pfizer launches targeted therapy for lung cancer in Singapore

04 August 2015 | Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau

Pfizer launches targeted therapy for lung cancer in Singapore

Xalkori received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2011

Xalkori received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2011

Singapore: Pfizer has launched Xalkori, a targeted therapy for ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in Singapore.

Xalkori is used to treat patients with late-stage (locally advanced or metastatic) non-small cell cancer (NSCLC) with an abnormal anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene.

A targeted oral medication, Xalkori blocks certain proteins called kinases, including the protein produced by the abnormal ALK gene. Xalkori is taken twice a day as a single-agent treatment. It was shown that cancer patients responded more positively to this oral medication,with greater improvement in quality of life and fewer drug discontinuations due to treatment-related adverse events compared to standard chemotherapy.

Xalkori received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2011 and was the first ALK+ Non Small Cell Lung Cancer targeted therapy drug to be approved by the US FDA.

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