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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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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). The European Commission’s approval comes after the positive opinion of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use.

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

The Pharma Data

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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Roche’s oral SERD giredestrant fails breast cancer trial

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Roche revealed in its first-quarter results statement that giredestrant missed the mark in the phase 2 acelERA trial in advanced breast cancer, in what appears to be another blow to the emerging oral selective oestrogen receptor degrader (SERD) class.

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Regeneron Announces Encouraging Initial Data from COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Trial in Hospitalized Patients on Low-flow Oxygen

The Pharma Data

As in earlier outpatient trial, immune status when patients entered the trial was a strong predictor of viral load and clinical outcomes. First antibody therapy to demonstrate anti-viral effect in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. futility analysis). log 10 copies/mL for combined doses).