Capecitabine Accord is indicated for the treatment of: -for the adjuvant treatment of patients following surgery of stage III (Dukes' stage C) colon cancer (see section 5.1). - metastatic colorectal cancer (see section 5.1). - first-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer in combination with a platinum based regimen (see section 5.1). in combination with docetaxel (see section 5.1) for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer after failure of cytotoxic chemotherapy. Previous therapy should have included an anthracycline. as monotherapy for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer after failure of taxanes and an anthracycline containing chemotherapy regimen or for whom further anthracycline therapy is not indicated.
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Zercepac (trastuzumab), from Accord Healthcare, intended for the treatment of breast and gastric cancer.
Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. announced positive top-line results from CONTESSA, a Phase III study of tesetaxel in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC).
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Cabazitaxel Accord (cabazitaxel), from Accord Healthcare, intended for the treatment of patients with hormone refractory metastatic prostate cancer previously treated with a docetaxel-containing regimen.
Irinotecan Hydrochloride 20 mg/ml Concentrate for Solution for Infusion is indicated for the treatment of patients with advanced colorectal cancer: • In combination with 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid in patients without prior chemotherapy for advanced disease, • As a single agent in patients who have failed an established 5-fluorouracil containing treatment regimen. Irinotecan Hydrochloride 20 mg/ml Concentrate for Solution for Infusion in combination with cetuximab is indicated for the treatment of patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-expressing, KRAS wild- type metastatic colorectal cancer, who had not received prior treatment for metastatic disease or after failure of irinotecan-including cytotoxic therapy. (see section 5.1) Irinotecan Hydrochloride 20 mg/ml Concentrate for Solution for Infusion in combination with 5-fluorouracil, folinic acid and bevacizumab is indicated for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic carcinoma of the colon or rectum. Irinotecan Hydrochloride 20 mg/ml Concentrate for Solution for Infusion in combination with Capecitabine with or without bevacizumab is indicated for first – line treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma.