Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. subsidiary Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. won accelerated approval from the FDA for Alunbrig (brigatinib). The approval covers the treatment of patients with metastatic anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have progressed on or are intolerant to Pfizer Inc.’s Xalkori (crizotinib).