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Abstract
Lorlatinib is an oral small molecule inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and C-ros oncogene 1 (ROS1) kinase developed by Pfizer for the treatment of ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Based on results from a phase I/II trial, lorlatinib received approval in Japan in September 2018 and in the USA in November 2018 for the treatment of ALK-positive NSCLC. This article summarizes the milestones in the development of lorlatinib leading to the first global approval for this indication.Entities:
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30604291 DOI: 10.1007/s40265-018-1041-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Drugs ISSN: 0012-6667 Impact factor: 9.546