Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2018
U.S., EU and Japan health authorities accept regulatory submissions for review of Pfizer's third-generation ALK inhibitor lorlatinib
12 February 2018 - U.S. new drug application granted FDA priority review.
Pfizer today announced that the U.S. FDA accepted and granted priority review to the company’s new drug application for lorlatinib. Lorlatinib is an investigational, anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for the treatment of patients with ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), previously treated with one or more ALK TKIs. The European Medicines Agency and the Japan Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency have also accepted marketing applications for the use of lorlatinib.
The submissions are based on Phase 2 data from a Phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT01970865) of lorlatinib, evaluating patients treated in distinct cohorts based on prior therapy. Full results from the Phase 2 portion of the trial were presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 18th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) in October 2017.1
The PDUFA goal date for a decision by the FDA is in August 2018.
