Treatment with Janssen’s Erleada plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) resulted in a 25 percent reduction in the risk of death compared with placebo plus ADT in patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) who were at high risk of developing metastases.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the green light to Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen for Erleada (apalutamide) as a treatment for metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted for review Orion and Bayer’s New Drug Application for darolutamide for the treatment of non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

J&J’s Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies submitted a Marketing Authorization Application to the EMA for apalutamide for non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.