Avelumab

Avelumab (Bavencio, Merck Europe B.V.) has 3 EU-approved indications in 3 tumour types.
Approved indications of Avelumab
Biomarker requirementRegimenSettingConditions
Renal cell carcinoma1
None
+ axitinib
1L
advanced
None
Urothelial carcinoma1
None
Monotherapy
Maint.
advanced
Progression-free following platinum-based chemotherapy
Merkel cell carcinoma1
None
Monotherapy
Any line
metastatic
None
Full text of section 4.1 (therapeutic indications)

Bavencio is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). Bavencio is indicated as monotherapy for the first-line maintenance treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (UC) who are progression-free following platinum-based chemotherapy. Bavencio in combination with axitinib is indicated for the first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (see section 5.1).

Label history

25 changes to the Bavencio label since 2018, 2 of them to the indications. Newest first, in the words of EMA's record of each procedure.

Changes