The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the drug Kisqali (ribociclib) in combination with an aromatase inhibitor (AI) as treatment for people with HR+/HER2- stage II and III early breast cancer (EBC) at high risk of recurrence.

The Food and Drug Administration approved ribociclib plus an aromatase inhibitor for hormone receptor (HR)–positive, HER2-negative stage II and III early breast cancer that has a high risk of recurrence.

Kisqali has been FDA-approved with an aromatase inhibitor as postsurgical treatment for some with early breast cancer at a high risk of recurrence.

An FDA approval has officially lifted the curtain on a blockbuster market showdown between Novartis and Eli Lilly in early breast cancer. | An FDA approval has officially lifted the curtain on a blockbuster market showdown between Novartis' Kisqali and Eli Lilly's Verzenio in early breast cancer.

Findings from the NATALEE trial show that the combination of Kisqali and an aromatase inhibitor resulted in disease-free benefits in a breast cancer subset.

Women with early stage breast cancer may now take Kisqali, a medication already approved for advanced disease.

Women with early-stage breast cancer may now take Kisqali, a medication already approved for advanced disease, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's expanded approval of the treatment, drug maker Novartis announced Tuesday.