Tag Archives: Zelboraf

November, 2017

6 November
FDA Approves Genentech’s Zelboraf for Treatment of Patients with a Rare Blood Cancer

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zelboraf® (vemurafenib) for Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) with BRAF V600 mutation. ECD is a rare, serious blood disease characterized by the abnormal multiplication of …
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7 August
FDA Grants Priority Review and Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Zelboraf in Erdheim-Chester Disease with BRAF V600 Mutation

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company’s supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) and granted Priority Review for Zelboraf® (vemurafenib) for Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) with BRAF V600 mutation. ECD …
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23 November
Roche’s Melanoma Drug Performs Well in Early-Stage Study

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced data from the pivotal coBRIM study, which showed that Cotellic (cobimetinib) in combination with Zelboraf (vemurafenib) helped people with BRAF V600E and V600K mutation-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma live significantly longer (overall survival; OS) than with Zelboraf alone.1 Cotellic plus Zelboraf reduced …
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10 November
FDA Approves Cotellic as part of a Combination Treatment for Skin Cancer

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Cotellic™ (cobimetinib) for the treatment of people with BRAF V600E or V600K mutation-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma in combination with Zelboraf ®(vemurafenib). Cotellic and Zelboraf are not …
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