Exelixis Announces New Recommendations for CABOMETYX (Cabozantinib) Tablets

Exelixis (NASDAQ:EXEL) announced that the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) updated its Clinical Practice Guidelines to include new recommendations for CABOMETYX (cabozantinib) tablets.

As quoted in the press release:

“CABOMETYX is the only TKI indicated for the treatment of advanced kidney cancer with NCCN-preferred status for intermediate- and poor-risk groups in the first-line setting and the only TKI with preferred status for patients who have progressed on prior therapy,” said Michael M. Morrissey, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Exelixis. “We welcome these updated recommendations, which recognize the significance of the CABOSUN trial data included in our label as an important advance in the care of patients with this disease.”

The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines are the recognized standard for clinical policy in cancer care and are developed through review of evidence and recommendations from physicians and oncology researchers. The NCCN kidney cancer panel’s decision to include CABOMETYX as a Category 2A preferred option for the treatment of patients with previously untreated advanced RCC with poor- or intermediate-risk disease was based on the results of the phase 2 CABOSUN trial.

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