U.S. FDA Grants Priority Review to Janssen for Apalutamide as a Treatment for Non-Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Janssen Biotech, Inc. (Janssen) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Priority Review designation for the New Drug Application (NDA) for apalutamide, an investigational, next-generation oral androgen receptor (AR) inhibitor for the treatment of men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Currently, there are no FDA-approved treatments for patients with non-metastatic CRPC.

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• December 25, 2017