Thursday, April 9, 2009

Health Canada Approves Avastin in Combination with Carboplatin/Paclitaxel for Treatment of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

April 9 - Hoffmann-La Roche Canada announced today that Health Canada has approved AVASTIN (bevacizumab), in combination with paclitaxel-carboplatin chemotherapy regimen, for treatment of patients with unresectable advanced, metastatic or recurrent non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common form of this devastating disease.

The details can be read here.

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