FDA approves Lonsurf for recurrent, metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma

On February 22, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration approved trifluridine/ tipiracil tablets (LONSURF, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)—a fixed combination of trifluridine, a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor, and tipiracil, a thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor—for adult patients with metastatic gastr