FDA Expands Approval of Ribociclib to Early Breast Cancer
The drug joins abemaciclib (Verzenio) as approved CDK4/6 inhibitors in this setting, but the broader indication for ribociclib -- which includes node-negative (N0) disease -- roughly doubles the population of early breast cancer patients eligible for adjuvant therapy with a CDK4/6 inhibitor, according to drugmaker Novartis.