Roche's personalized medicine Zelboraf receives positive opinion from European authority for the treatment of people with BRAF mutation-positive metastatic melanoma

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended that Zelboraf be granted full marketing authorization as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

“The CHMP recommendation to approve Zelboraf represents an important milestone for people with metastatic melanoma who until recently had limited treatment options,” said Hal Barron, M.D., chief medical officer and head, Global Product Development. “We are working closely with health authorities worldwide to bring Zelboraf to people with this deadly disease as soon as possible.”