GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) confirmed that the European Commission (EC) has granted a variation to the conditional marketing authorisation for Tyverb (lapatinib) in the European Union for a new therapeutic indication.

Tyverb, in combination with an aromatase inhibitor, is indicated for the treatment of post-menopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2 (ErbB2) over-expressing metastatic breast cancer and for whom chemotherapy is currently not intended. The patients in the registration study were not previously treated with trastuzumab or an aromatase inhibitor.

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