FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee to Review Rociletinib New
Drug Application for the Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Clovis Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLVS) today announced that NASDAQ has
halted trading of the Company’s common stock. The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration’s (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) is
meeting this morning to discuss the company’s New Drug Application (NDA)
for rociletinib for the treatment of patients with mutant epidermal
growth factor receptor (EGFR) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who
have been previously treated with an EGFR-targeted therapy and have the
EGFR T790M mutation.
About Rociletinib
Rociletinib is the company’s novel, oral,
targeted covalent (irreversible) mutant-selective inhibitor of EGFR in
development for the treatment of NSCLC in patients with initial
activating EGFR mutations, as well as the dominant resistance mutation
T790M. Data from both the pivotal, single-arm TIGER-X and TIGER-2
clinical trials served as the basis for the U.S. and EU regulatory
submissions for the treatment of advanced mutant EGFR T790M-positive
lung cancer. Rociletinib was granted Breakthrough Therapy designation by
the FDA in May 2014.
About Clovis Oncology
Clovis Oncology, Inc. is a
biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and
commercializing innovative anti-cancer agents in the U.S., Europe and
additional international markets. Clovis Oncology targets development
programs at specific subsets of cancer populations, and simultaneously
develops diagnostic tools that direct a compound in development to the
population that is most likely to benefit from its use. Clovis Oncology
is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.
To the extent that statements contained in this press release are not
descriptions of historical facts regarding Clovis Oncology, they are
forward-looking statements reflecting the current beliefs and
expectations of management made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties
that could cause our clinical development programs, future results,
performance or achievements to differ significantly from those expressed
or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and
uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainties inherent in our
clinical development programs for our drug candidates, the corresponding
development pathways of our companion diagnostics, actions by the FDA,
the EMA or other regulatory authorities regarding whether to approve
drug applications that may be filed, as well as their decisions
regarding drug labeling, and other matters that could affect the
availability or commercial potential of our drug candidates or companion
diagnostics, including competitive developments. Clovis Oncology does
not undertake to update or revise any forward-looking statements. A
further description of risks and uncertainties can be found in Clovis
Oncology’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including its Annual Report on Form 10-K and its reports on Form 10-Q
and Form 8-K.
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