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Immunocore’s Kimmtrak Gets FDA Approval as First Treatment for Rare Eye Cancer and First T Cell Receptor Therapeutic

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Uveal melanoma is a rare and aggressive type of melanoma of the eye. Uveal melanoma is a rare and aggressive type of melanoma of the eye. As such, unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma usually has a poor prognosis and until the approval of Kimmtrak, there was no approved treatment.

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Immunocore gets EU nod for TCR cancer therapy Kimmtrak

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Kimmtrak (tebentafusp) has been cleared to for the treatment of HLA-A*02:01-positive adult patients with unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM), mirroring its label in the US. Uveal melanoma is a rare cancer of the eye, which in the majority of patients is localised.

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