Australian TGA Approves Illuccix® for Prostate Cancer Imaging
02 November 2021 - 10:25AM
Australian TGA Approves Illuccix® for Prostate Cancer Imaging
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, Telix, the Company) today
announces that the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration
(TGA) has approved Illuccix® (TLX591-CDx), the Company’s lead
prostate cancer imaging product.
Illuccix (Kit for the preparation of 68Ga
PSMA-11 Injection) is a positron emission tomography (PET) agent
for the diagnostic imaging of men with prostate cancer. The TGA has
granted Illuccix a broad clinical indication comprising:
- Patients with prostate cancer who
are at risk of metastasis and who are suitable for initial
definitive therapy (also known as “primary staging”), and
- Patients with prostate cancer who
have suspected recurrence based on elevated serum prostate specific
antigen (PSA) level (also known as “biochemical recurrence”).
Illuccix, after radiolabeling with gallium-68,
is the first commercially approved PSMA-PET imaging agent available
in Australia. The TGA approval of Illuccix facilitates wide-spread
clinical access to prostate cancer imaging for all men across
Australia including rural and regional areas, enabling availability
of state-of-the-art PSMA PET imaging across the country.
Telix President APAC Dr. David Cade stated, “The
approval of Illuccix means Australian patients with prostate cancer
will have broad access to a TGA-approved PSMA-PET imaging agent.
This new mode of imaging has been recognised in leading clinical
practice guidelines as superior to conventional imaging with CT1 or
MRI2, for the staging of prostate cancer. Illuccix attaches to
prostate cancer cells expressing PSMA and can be picked up by a PET
scanner, giving physicians the ability to visualise tumour cells,
including very small metastases, wherever they are in the
body.”
Telix CEO Dr. Christian Behrenbruch added,
“PSMA-PET imaging has been one of the most important developments
in prostate cancer management in recent years. As an Australian
company, we are especially pleased to be delivering the first
TGA-approved, GMP manufactured PSMA-PET imaging agent that will be
widely available to Australian patients. The TGA is a sophisticated
regulatory authority that is highly regarded in the Asia Pacific
region. This approval is an important milestone for Telix,
demonstrating the approvability of Illuccix and establishing a
blueprint for a series of near-term regulatory submissions and
reviews in other important markets across the Asia Pacific.”
About
Illuccix®
Illuccix (TLX591-CDx) is a preparation for
imaging prostate cancer with positron emission tomography (PET),
targeting prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA), a protein that
is overexpressed on the surface of more than 90% of primary and
metastatic prostate cancer cells. Illuccix enables PSMA-11 to be
labelled with the radionuclide Ga-68 directly before injection by
medical professionals. After preparing the radiopharmaceutical and
injecting it into the patient, PSMA positive lesions are localised
by PET imaging.
Telix’s lead investigational product, Illuccix
(TLX591-CDx) for prostate cancer imaging has been approved by
Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).3 Telix is also
progressing marketing authorisation applications for Illuccix in
the USA,4 European Union5 and Canada.6
About Prostate Cancer
Together with the United States and Canada,
Australia has one of the highest rates of prostate cancer in the
world. In 2020, prostate cancer was the most commonly diagnosed
cancer in men in Australia with approximately 17,000 new cases.
Prostate cancer was also the second most common cause of cancer
death in men (after lung cancer), with almost 3,500 men dying from
their disease in 2020 in Australia. More than 70,000 men in
Australia were estimated to be living with prostate cancer in
2020.7
About Telix
Pharmaceuticals Limited
Telix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on
the development of diagnostic and therapeutic products using
Molecularly Targeted Radiation (MTR). Telix is headquartered in
Melbourne, Australia with international operations in Belgium,
Switzerland, Japan, and the United States. Telix is developing a
portfolio of clinical-stage products that address significant unmet
medical need in oncology and rare diseases. Telix is listed on the
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: TLX). For more information
visit www.telixpharma.com and follow Telix on Twitter
(@TelixPharma) and LinkedIn.
Telix Investor Relations
Ms. Kyahn WilliamsonTelix Pharmaceuticals
LimitedSVP Corporate Communications and Investor RelationsEmail:
kyahn.williamson@telixpharma.com
Important Information
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to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, securities in the
United States, or in any other jurisdiction in which such an offer
would be illegal. The securities referred to herein have not been
and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act
of 1933 (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or under the securities laws
of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not
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available. None of the technologies or products described in this
document have received a marketing authorisation in any
jurisdiction. This announcement has been authorised for release by
Dr Christian Behrenbruch, Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer. The Telix Pharmaceuticals name and logo are trademarks of
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1 Computed Tomography2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 3 ASX
disclosure 14/04/21.4 ASX disclosure 24/11/20.5 ASX disclosure
01/05/20.6 ASX disclosure 16/12/20.7 Globocan 2021.
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