Enhertu's march goes on with new breast cancer approval

26 January 2023

Already expected to reach blockbuster status with its 2022 sales, AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) and Daiichi Sankyo’s (TYO: 4568) Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has won another approval in Europe.

It has been approved in the European Union (EU) as monotherapy for unresectable or metastatic HER2-low breast cancer patients who have received prior chemotherapy in the metastatic setting or developed disease recurrence during or within six months of completing adjuvant chemotherapy.

Enhertu is a specifically engineered HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC) being jointly developed and commercialized by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo. It has previously won approvals in other oncology indications in breast, gastric and lung cancer.

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