Thursday, July 17, 2008

Merck: Erbitux Approved for Use in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in Japan

Merck KGaA announced today that marketing authorization has been granted in Japan for the use of Erbitux® (cetuximab) in treating patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-positive, curatively unresectable (inoperable), advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer (CRC). On the basis of the submitted data, the label allows the use of Erbitux plus irinotecan in second- and further lines of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).*

The details can be read here.

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