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Eli Lilly Facilitates the Withdrawal of Lartruvo (olaratumab) from the Global Market for Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma

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Eli Lilly Facilitates the Withdrawal of Lartruvo (olaratumab) from the Global Market for Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma

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  • The withdrawal follows the failure of P-III ANNOUNCE study assessing Lartruvo (olaratumab) + doxorubicin followed by Lartruvo as monothx vs doxorubicin + PBO followed by PBO in patients with advanced or metastatic STS- resulted with no improvement in survival of patients
  • Lilly to establish a program ensuring current patients access to Lartruvo with limited interruption post withdrawal- agrees to continue in consultation with physician and knowing results of the ANNOUNCE study subject to local regulations- without enrolling any new patient in trial
  • Lartruvo (olaratumab) is an Ab targeting PDGFR-α preventing the activation of the receptor possessing in-vitro and in-vivo anti-tumor activity against sarcoma cell lines and disrupted the PDGFR-α signaling pathway in in-vivo tumors

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