Eisai's Halaven now available in Russia for advanced breast cancer

18 December 2014

Halaven (eribulin) manufactured by Japanese drug major Eisai (TYO: 4523) is now available in Russia. It is indicated to treat patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who have progressed after at least one chemotherapeutic regimen for advanced disease.

The new indication for the drug comes after marketing authorization approval for earlier use in advanced disease from the European Commission in July 2014, based on clinical evidence from two Phase III trials, EMBRACE and study 301, which involved more than 1,800 patients. The EMBRACE trial showed eribulin could prolong median overall survival in heavily pre-treated women compared to women receiving an alternative treatment of physician’s choice by 2.7 months.

In Russia, breast cancer is the most common cause of death in women aged 45-55 years, and that has increased by 64% over the last 20 years alone.

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