F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd: US FDA Advisory Committee votes in favour of maintaining accelerated approval of Roche's Tecentriq for PD-L1-positive, metastatic triple-negative breast cancer

Basel, 28 April 2021 - Roche

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