Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Alimta (pemetrexed for injection) First Agent Approved in Europe as Maintenance Therapy for Advanced, Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Eli Lilly and Company announced today that the European Commission has granted approval for the use of ALIMTA(R) (pemetrexed for injection) as monotherapy for maintenance treatment of patients with other than predominantly squamous cell histology in locally-advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), whose disease has not progressed immediately following platinum-based chemotherapy.

The details can be read here.

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