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

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The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) has highlighted some of the most promising clinical research being undertaken by drugmakers in the category, with AstraZeneca leading the charge with a trio of major trial readouts. The post SABCS: Pharmas show their working in HR+/HER2- breast cancer appeared first on.

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Health Canada gives approval to Enhertu for breast cancer treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

Being co-developed and co-marketed by Daiichi Sankyo along with AstraZeneca , Enhertu is a specifically engineered HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC). Enhertu’s safety profile was consistent with the previous clinical trials.

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

Drug Discovery World

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. To overcome this challenge, Synaffix has developed an innovative technology platform that can rapidly and efficiently convert any antibody into an ADC.

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EU approves Daiichi Sankyo-AstraZeneca’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 is also based on the data obtained from the DESTINY-Breast04 Phase III trial, which assessed Enhertu’s safety and efficacy against the physician’s choice of chemotherapy.

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AstraZeneca-Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu gets US FDA approval for breast cancer

Pharmaceutical Technology

The approval was based on findings from the international, randomised, open-label Phase III DESTINY-Breast04 clinical trial. Furthermore, Enhertu’s safety profile was in line with prior clinical trials without any new safety concerns detected. months compared with 5.1 months for the chemotherapy arm. months compared with 16.8

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

Pharmaceutical Technology

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 Trials demonstrated that the vaccine induced a high titer of neutralising antibodies against several subvariants, including Omicron subvariants XBB.1.5, 5 subvariants. XBB1.16, XBB1.9.1,

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Enhertu significantly improved both progression-free and overall survival in DESTINY-Breast04 trial in patients with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer

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Enhertu is a HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC) being jointly developed by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo. All patients in the trial received a HER2 test, and the results were centrally confirmed. 1,2 HER2-low expression occurs in both HR-positive and HR-negative disease.3.

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