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FDA accepts AstraZeneca’s NDA for breast cancer combination therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

The combination therapy is intended to treat hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in adult patients, after recurrence or progression on or after an endocrine-based regimen.

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UK NICE grants approval for breast cancer drug combination

Pharmaceutical Technology

The 'life-extending' drug combination is recommended for usage in adult patients with hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-) breast cancer who have previously received hormone therapy. It acts by hindering proteins in cancer cells to avert cell division and growth.

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ARVINAS AND PFIZER ANNOUNCE GLOBAL COLLABORATION TO DEVELOP AND COMMERCIALIZE PROTAC® PROTEIN DEGRADER ARV-471

The Pharma Data

NYSE: PFE) today announced a global collaboration to develop and commercialize ARV-471, an investigational oral PROTAC® (PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera) estrogen receptor protein degrader. Despite advancements in oncology in recent years, considerable unmet need persists in the treatment of HR+ breast cancer.

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Enhertu granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation in the US for patients with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer

The Pharma Data

1-4 Low HER2 expression occurs in both HR-positive and HR-negative disease. 6 Currently chemotherapy remains the only treatment option for patients with HR-positive tumours following progression on endocrine (hormone) therapy. 7 Few targeted options are available for those who are HR-negative.

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Positive survival data for Novartis investigational radioligand therapy 177Lu-PSMA-617 published in The New England Journal of Medicine

The Pharma Data

Basel, June 23, 2021 — VISION data published today in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) shows that 177 Lu-PSMA-617 plus standard of care (SOC) significantly improved both overall survival (HR = 0.62 [95% CI: 0.52?0.74]; months) and imaging-based progression-free survival (HR = 0.40 [99.2% 0.74]; P<0.001; median 15.3

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

Drug Discovery World

6 Also in May 2023, Shanghai-native LaNova Medicines entered into an exclusive license agreement with AstraZeneca for LM-305, a pre-clinical stage ADC targeting G protein-coupled receptor, class C, group 5, member D (GPRC5D).

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Thirteen potential blockbuster drugs to watch in 2024

Drug Discovery World

The delayed release formulation of budesonide has shown greater efficacy for protein reduction and slowing the decline in kidney function in primary immunoglobulin A (IgA) as well as a much better safety profile than conventional corticosteroids. The therapy has shown positive results in Phase III trials in both breast and lung cancer.

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