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SABCS: Pharmas show their working in HR+/HER2- breast cancer

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Along with data from its antibody-drug conjugates and oral selective oestrogen receptor degrader (SERD) camizestrant reported earlier, AZ presented results of the CAPItello trial of AKT inhibitor capivasertib in combination with injectable SERD Faslodex (fulvestrant) in hormone receptor positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

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Three trends in the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) marketĀ 

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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are biopharmaceutical products in which a monoclonal antibody (mAB) is linked to a small molecule drug with a stable linker 1. According to NCBI, most of the ADCs developed so far are for use in the treatment of cancer, but there is plenty of potential for using ADCs to treat other diseases 1.

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EU approves Daiichi Sankyo-AstraZenecaā€™s breast cancer therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

Being co-developed and co-marketed by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo, Enhertu is a particularly engineered HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC). It has been developed using the DXd ADC technology from Daiichi Sankyo.

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Health Canada gives approval to Enhertu for breast cancer treatment

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Being co-developed and co-marketed by Daiichi Sankyo along with AstraZeneca , Enhertu is a specifically engineered HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC).

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China grants EUA to Covid-19 vaccine against XBB descendent lineages

Pharmaceutical Technology

The vaccine has been developed by WestVac Biopharma along with the West China Medical Center and Sichuan University. The subunit antigen in the vaccine has been based on the structure of the targeting S-RBD and HR proteins of the XBB and BA.5 recombinant Covid-19 trivalent (XBB.1.5+BA.5+delta) 5+delta) protein vaccine (Sf9 cell).

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AstraZeneca-Daiichi Sankyoā€™s Enhertu gets US FDA approval for breast cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to the trial data, Enhertu lowered disease progression or mortality risk by 50% compared with chemotherapy according to the physicianā€™s choice in HER2-low metastatic breast cancer patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive disease or HR-negative disease. months compared with 5.1 months for the chemotherapy arm.

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AstraZeneca-Daiichi Sankyoā€™s breast cancer ADC gets FDA priority review

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AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo have received Priority Review for their supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan), to treat unresectable or metastatic HER2-low breast cancer in adults.

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