Roche/Ex­elix­is' Cotel­lic fiz­zles in piv­otal melanoma study

To lit­tle sur­prise, Ex­elix­is’ Cotel­lic — known chem­i­cal­ly as co­bime­tinib — in com­bi­na­tion with Roche’s Tecen­triq, has failed a late-stage study as a front­line treat­ment for pa­tients with a form of ad­vanced melanoma.

The Alame­da, Cal­i­for­nia-based com­pa­ny’s $EX­EL ki­nase in­hibitor — out-li­censed to Roche — was ap­proved in 2015 in com­bi­na­tion with the Swiss drug­mak­er’s Zelb­o­raf (ve­mu­rafenib) for pa­tients with BRAF V600E or V600K mu­ta­tion-pos­i­tive un­re­sectable or metasta­t­ic melanoma. Cotel­lic gen­er­at­ed rough­ly $61 mil­lion in glob­al sales last year.

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