Bavencio (avelumab) is a cancer medicine that interferes with the growth and spread of cancer cells in the body.
Bavencio is used to treat a type of skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma in adults and children at least 12 years old, when the cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic).
Bavencio is also used to treat a certain type of cancer of the bladder or urinary tract that has spread or cannot be removed with surgery. Bavencio is given for this condition after platinum cancer medicines did not work or have stopped working.
Bavencio is also used alone or in combination with another medicine called axitinib to treat advanced kidney cancer that has spread or cannot be removed with surgery.
