Imfinzi approved in China for the treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
Only PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy to demonstrate both a significant survival benefit and improved response rate in combination with a choice of chemotherapiesAstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) has been approved in China for the 1st-line treatment of adult patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), in combination with standard of care platinum chemotherapy (etoposide plus a choice of either carboplatin or cisplatin). The approval by China’s National Medical Products Administration was based on positive results from the CASPIAN Phase III trial. The trial showed that