AstraZeneca said a late-stage trial had confirmed the benefit of breast cancer drug Enhertu in patients with an advanced form of the disease who had been previously treated with another therapy.
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AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s antibody-drug conjugate Enhertu has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first HER2-directed medicine for patients with HER2-mutant metastatic NSCLC, a particularly lethal form of the disease.
While the economy expands and contracts, the biopharma industry follows, and many life science companies are announcing both layoffs and expansions.
The week started off with a clinical bang for Verona Pharma, Kodiak, AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo as these companies posted promising data in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer, and macular edema respectively.
Global pharma giant Sanofi and Chinese company Innovent Biologics have penned a strategic partnership to develop and commercialize innovative treatments for patients with hard-to-treat cancers in China.
Monday morning, Innate Pharma announced that a planned futility interim analysis of the INTERLINK-1 Phase III trial sponsored by AstraZeneca failed to hit a pre-defined threshold for efficacy. This follows AstraZeneca’s Q2 report released on July 29 that included several other drugs and trials the company is axing.
AstraZeneca said it expected prescriptions of its COVID therapy to drive sales growth of more than 20% this year, as company reported second-quarter profit that topped analyst estimates.
Western nations are working to lessen dependence on China as a supplier for ingredients and goods of all kinds, and China’s economy slowed significantly as a consequence of COVID-19 lockdowns, yet its biopharma sector appears strong. That’s because biotech is designated as a strategic emerging industry.
The Galien Foundation, the premier global institution dedicated to honoring innovators in life sciences, today announced the 2022 Prix Galien USA Award nominees for “Best Biotechnology Product,” “Best Pharmaceutical Agent,” and “Best Medical Technology.” Winners will be announced during the Prix Galien USA Awards Ceremony on October 27, 2022, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
On Monday, the high-profile partnership between Japan’s Daiichi-Sankyo and British-Swedish multinational AstraZeneca announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration has accepted their supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan), their HER2-directed candidate for unresectable or metastatic breast cancer.
