new drug application of anticancer agent lenvatinib for hepatocellular carcinoma accepted in china
eisai co., ltd. (headquarters: tokyo, ceo: haruo naito, “eisai”) announced that the china food and drug administration (cfda) has accepted for review a new drug application (nda) submitted for eisai’s in-house discovered and developed anticancer agent lenvatinib mesylate (product names: lenvima® / kisplyx®, “lenvatinib”) for use in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) in china.