GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) announced that it has submitted a Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for Tyverb (lapatinib) in combination with paclitaxel for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer whose tumours over-express HER2 (ErbB2).
Tyverb/Tykerb is approved in over 90 countries including the EU, Switzerland, US, Canada, Japan, Australia and countries in South America and Asia.
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