Regulatory decisions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December turned out to be mostly positive. Among the treatment options that were greenlighted in the month were two new molecular entities.
Roche Holdings AG (OTC: RHHBY) announced results from the Phase 3 POLARIX study of Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin) with MabThera/Rituxan (rituximab) and the chemotherapy regimen R-CHOP. Data were presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition.