FDA expands use of crizotinib in advanced NSCLC

On 11 March, 2016 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved crizotinib (Xalkori) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumours have a ROS-1 gene abnormality. Crizotinib is the first and only FDA approved treatment for patients with ROS-1 positive NSCLC. Read more here.