Pfizer's third-generation APK inhibitors are eligible for FDA priority review

Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide.
NSCLC accounts for about 80-85% of lung cancer, and ALK-positive tumors occur in about 3-5% of NSCLC cases.
Lorbrena is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that is highly active in preclinical lung cancer models that carry APK rear-rowing.
Lorbrena specializes in inhibiting APK gene mutations that are resistant to other APK inhibitors and can penetrate the blood-brain barrier to treat brain metastasis.
brain metastasis in up to 40% of APK-positive lung cancer patients.
application was supported by positive results from PHASE 3 clinical trial CROWN.
's interim analysis, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in November, showed that Laroteni reduced the risk of disease progress or death by 72% compared to the current first-line standard treatment crizotinib (HR=0.28,95% CI:0.19-0.41, P.lt;0.001).
progress-free lifetime (PFS) in the 12th 19th group was 9.3 months, while the mid-PFS in the La Trotinie group had not yet been achieved.
The progression-free survival of patients in the Lara tinib group (blue line) and the cloptotinib group (red line) (Photo source: Resources) also showed significant advantages in the prevention and mitigation of brain metastasis.
at 12 months, the survival rate for progression of intracranial disease in the Loracinie group was 96 per cent, compared with 60 per cent in the clotinist treatment group.
reduced the risk of intracranial disease progress or death by 93%!"The FDA's decision to evaluate Loratinib's regulatory application using innovative review pathways designed to speed up the review process reflects its potential as an initial therapy for patients with ALK-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer in patients with intracranial progression survival in patients with the Lorraine Group (Blue Line) and the Clostridium tractinib Group (Red Line) (Photo Source: Reference.
Chris Boshoff, Chief Oncology Officer, Pfizer Global Product Development, said, "We look forward to working with the FDA to bring this treatment option to patients as soon as possible."
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references: sNDA IN® PREVIOUSLY UNATED ALK-POSITIVE LUNG CANCER ACCEPTED FOR PRIORITY REVIEW BY U.S. FDA. Retrieved December 29, 2020, from [2] Alice T. Shaw, et al., (2020). First-Line Lorlatinib or Crizotinib in Advanced ALK-Positive Lung Cancer. N Engl J Med, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2027187。