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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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Trodelvy has been Approved for ER+/HER2- Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancers

XTalks

HR+/HER2- breast cancer is the most common type of breast cancer, with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimating 287,850 new cases of female breast cancer in 2022 alone. Despite decades of advances, people living with pre-treated HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer need new treatment options. months vs. 11.2

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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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Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Receives Two New Approvals in Japan

The Pharma Data

KEYTRUDA Now Approved for the Treatment of Patients With PD-L1-Positive, Hormone Receptor-Negative and HER2-Negative, Inoperable or Recurrent Breast Cancer. KEYTRUDA Approved for the Treatment of Patients With PD-L1-Positive, Hormone Receptor-Negative and HER2-Negative, Inoperable or Recurrent Breast Cancer. months (95% CI, 7.6-11.3)

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Statement from Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla on Testing Positive for COVID-19

Pfizer

Current variants of concern can be resistant to treatments that work by binding to the spike protein found on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor: lomitapide. Contraception : Use of ritonavir may reduce the efficacy of combined hormonal contraceptives. 07.27.2022. 07.19.2022.

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