FDA OKs Tecentriq for advanced bladder cancer

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Genentech’s drug Tecentriq to treat advanced bladder cancer.

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The immunotherapy drug first earned FDA approval to treat urothelial carcinoma — the most common type of bladder cancer — in May 2016. The FDA also approved the drug as a second-line treatment for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer in October 2016.

Tecentriq can now be used to treat patients with advanced bladder cancer who are not eligible for standard chemotherapy, according to the report.

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