ASH: Roche's antibody-drug conjugate Polivy added to chemo-antibody combo boosts survival in early-stage lymphoma
Breakthroughs in drug development have begun to unlock the potential of antibody-drug conjugates, therapies designed to better target proteins on tumor cells. Genentech’s Polivy has become an early winner in blood cancer, and now the drugmaker is revealing promising results in getting into patients even sooner.
A combination of Roche’s Polivy, an ADC targeting the CD79b protein on tumor cells, with Rituxan and the chemotherapy regimen R-CHOP cut the risk of disease progression or death over Rituxan-chemo alone by 27% in patients with first-line diffuse large B cell lymphoma, according to late-breaking data presented Tuesday at #ASH21.
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