Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Canada.

Health Canada approved abemaciclib in combination with endocrine therapy for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, node-positive, early breast cancer at high risk of disease recurrence based on clinicopathological features.

This is written in the approval document as:

VERZENIO (abemaciclib) is indicated in combination with endocrine therapy for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, node-positive, early breast cancer at high risk of disease recurrence based on clinicopathological features.

Citation

Eli Lilly Canada Inc. Verzenio (abemaciclib) [product monograph]. Health Canada website. https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00073683.PDF. Revised December 2023. Accessed June 2025.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+) ER positive, HER2-negative Invasive Breast Carcinoma Abemaciclib, Tamoxifen
Sensitivity (+) HER2-negative, PR positive Invasive Breast Carcinoma Abemaciclib, Tamoxifen
Sensitivity (+) ER positive, HER2-negative, PR positive Invasive Breast Carcinoma Abemaciclib, Tamoxifen