EC expands indication for Roche's Avastin

8 April 2007

The European Commission has approved Swiss drug major Roche's Avastin (bevacizumab) for the first line treatment of women with metastatic breast cancer in combination with the standard chemotherapy paclitaxel. The approval is based on pivotal Phase III trial data, which show that women with metastatic breast cancer have the chance to live twice as long without their cancer progressing if treated with Avastin plus paclitaxel compared to paclitaxel alone.

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