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

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According to the trial data, Enhertu lowered disease progression or mortality risk by 50% compared with chemotherapy according to the physician’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’s Enhertu Gets FDA Approved as First Therapy for HER2-Low Breast Cancer

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Prior to the approval of Enhertu, patients in the latter IHC/ISH category were not eligible for HER2-targeted therapies and mainly got endocrine therapy (if HR-positive disease) or chemotherapy. The trial included 494 hormone receptor positive (HR+) patients and 63 hormone receptor negative (HR-) patients.

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FDA approves Jardiance (empagliflozin) for wider range of patients with heart failure

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chairman, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi. “Today’s approval means these demonstrated benefits can now help to address a significant unmet need for the approximately three million adults in the US with preserved ejection fraction, a form of heart failure that has very limited treatment options.”

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Pfizer’s TALZENNA® in combination with XTANDI® receives U.S. FDA approval

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FDA approval Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) announced that the U.S. With today’s FDA approval of TALZENNA plus XTANDI, we are proud to be able to offer this potentially practice-changing treatment to patients and add to their options in managing this aggressive disease.” 0.61; p<0.0001). Source link: [link]

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Top 40 Best-Selling Oncology Drugs in 2023 by 2022 Data

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Revlimid (Lenalidomide) Revlimid 2022 sales: $9.978 billion Company/Developer: Bristol Myers Squibb Date of first FDA approval: December 27, 2005 Indications Revlimid is FDA-approved for: Myelodysplastic disease (MDS), multiple myeloma, mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma.

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Pfizer’s PAXLOVID™ receives FDA approval for adult patients at high risk of progression to severe COVID-19

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Pfizer’s PAXLOVID™ receives FDA approval for adult patients at high risk of progression to severe COVID-19 Pfizer Inc. residents eligible for PAXLOVID will continue to receive the medicine at no charge.* NYSE: PFE) announced today that the U.S. ” COVID-19 continues to cause significant burden in the U.S.

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Truqap (capivasertib), First-In-Class AKT Inhibitor, Approved for Advanced Breast Cancer, Set to Take on Novartis’ Piqray

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AstraZeneca has won its first-in-class approval for its AKT inhibitor Truqap (capivasertib) in combination with Faslodex (fulvestrant) for treating patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer. billion to $1.28

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