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FDA approves selpercatinib (Retevmo) for lung and thyroid cancers with RET gene mutations or fusions

May 11, 2020 9:08 AM | Anonymous

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to selpercatinib (RETEVMO, Eli Lilly and Company) for the following indications:

  • Adult patients with metastatic RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC);
  • Adult and pediatric patients ≥12 years of age with advanced or metastatic RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) who require systemic therapy;
  • Adult and pediatric patients ≥12 years of age with advanced or metastatic RET fusion-positive thyroid cancer who require systemic therapy and who are radioactive iodine-refractory (if radioactive iodine is appropriate). Read full press release.


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