Monday, Sep 7, 2015
South San Francisco, CA -- September 7, 2015 --
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that data from 138 abstracts will be presented at this year's European Cancer Congress (ECC) from Sept. 25 – 29 in Vienna, Austria. Results will be presented from several clinical studies that are supporting ongoing regulatory discussions for three investigational medicines across specific types of lung, bladder and skin cancer (alectinib, atezolizumab and cobimetinib, which recently received its first approval in Switzerland where it is marketed as Cotellic®). Building on its large portfolio of approved cancer medicines, these regulatory discussions represent significant progress for Genentech's pipeline in the fields of cancer immunotherapy and targeted medicines.
"With our targeted medicines, cancer immunotherapies and the combination potential in our portfolio, we are committed to setting new standards for treating people with cancer," said Sandra Horning, M.D., chief medical officer and head of Global Product Development. "At the 2015 European Cancer Congress, new data will be presented for three investigational medicines that we hope will be approved within the next year, including atezolizumab for people with PD-L1 expressing lung and bladder cancers."
In addition to data for alectinib, atezolizumab and cobimetinib, results will be presented across multiple tumor types from Genentech’s cancer immunotherapy and targeted medicines pipeline including CEA-IL2v (RG7813), IDO Inhibitor (GDC-0919) and vanucizumab (anti-Ang2/VEGF, RG7221). The table below contains key abstracts featuring Genentech medicines, including late breaking abstracts that will be presented during the Congress.
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Overview of key abstracts featuring Genentech medicines
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Medicine |
Abstract title |
Abstract number |
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Atezolizumab (MPDL3280A; anti-PDL1) (investigational) |
POPLAR: Atezolizumab monotherapy vs docetaxel in 2L/3L non-small cell lung cancer: Primary analyses for efficacy, safety and predictive biomarkers from a randomized phase II study (POPLAR). J. Vansteenkiste et al.
BIRCH: Phase II, single-arm trial (BIRCH) of atezolizumab as first-line or subsequent therapy for locally advanced or metastatic PD-L1–selected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Benjamin Besse et al.
IMvigor210: Atezolizumab in patients (pts) with locally-advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC): Results from a pivotal multicenter phase II study (IMvigor 210). J. Rosenberg et al.
Safety, activity and biomarkers of atezolizumab (MPDL3280A) with platinum-based chemotherapy (chemo) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A Phase Ib study. G. Giaccone et al.
NSCLC with high PD-L1 expression on tumor cells or tumor-infiltrating immune cells represents distinct cancer subtypes. P. Schmid et al. |
#14LBA (Proffered Paper Session) Sunday, Sept. 27 9:15 AM CET
#16LBA (Proffered Paper Session) Sunday, Sept. 27 9:35 AM CET
#21LBA (Proffered Paper Session) Sunday, Sept. 27 10:40 AM CET
#513 (Poster Session) Saturday, Sept. 26 4:45 PM CET
#3017 (Poster Discussion) Sunday, Sept. 27 8:00 AM CET |
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alectinib
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Updated efficacy and safety results from a global phase 2, open-label, single-arm study (NP28673) of alectinib in crizotinib-refractory ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). F. Barlesi et al. |
#3101 (Poster Session) Sunday, Sept. 27 9:15 AM CET |
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cobimetinib |
Impact of baseline genetic heterogeneities on progression-free survival (PFS) in patients (pts) with advanced BRAFV600-mutated melanoma treated with cobimetinib (COBI) + vemurafenib (VEM) in the phase 3 coBRIM study. G. McArthur et al. |
#25LBA (Proffered Paper Session) Sunday, Sept. 27 12:10 PM CET |
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CEA-IL2v (RG7813) (investigational) |
Clinical evidence of intra-tumoral immune activation and tumor targeting with RG7813, a CEA-targeted engineered IL-2 immunocytokine. J. Tabernero et al. |
#505 (Proffered Paper Session) Sunday, Sept. 27 6:30 PM CET |
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IDO Inhibitor (GDC-0919) (investigational) |
Phase 1a study of the safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of GDC-0919 in patients with recurrent/advanced solid tumors. A. Nayak et al. |
#346 (Poster Session) Sunday, Sept. 27 4:45 PM CET |
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Vanucizumab (anti-Ang2/VEGF, RG7221) (investigational) |
Vanucizumab reduces vessel permeability, perfusion and cellular density of tumor lesions in cancer patients as measured by DCE-MRI and DW-MRI. T. Nayak et al. |
#304 (Proffered Paper Session) Saturday, Sept. 26 11:35 AM CET |
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