So now we know that the new Tarceva and Alimta trials are in second-line NSCLC—the setting where Tarceva and Alimta are approved treatments—and the new Avastin trial is in non-squamous first-line NSCLC. The Avastin trial is restricted to non-squamous disease because Avastin has shown some troubling side effects in squamous patients.
PFE appears to be leaving no stone unturned in this program.
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