Swiss drugmaker Roche said trials showed its new blood cancer drug Gazyva failed to deliver significant improvements over an older medicine in people with an aggressive type of blood cancer, a blow in its fight against competition from biosimilars. Gazyva did not significantly reduce the risk of disease worsening or death for people with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, over current drug Rituxan in a phase III GOYA study, Roche said on Monday. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is the most common form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Roche receives blood cancer drug blow after Gazyva trial fails to meet endpoint
