FDA approves Roche's Itovebi, a targeted treatment for advanced hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer with a PIK3CA mutation

Approval is based on Phase III INAVO120 results, showing the Itovebi™ (inavolisib)-based regimen more than doubled progression-free survival compared with palbociclib and fulvestrant alone in the first-line setting1 This approval helps address an urgent unmet need in breast cancer for people with a PIK3CA mutation, one of the most commonly mutated genes in HR-positive disease, associated with poor prognosis2,3 Itovebi is Roche's first targeted therapy approved for people with HR-positive disease, the most p ...