Priority Review speeds Seattle Genetics' progress in breast cancer

13 February 2020

The US regulator has agreed to review a filing for the investigational medicine tucatinib, in combination with trastuzumab and chemotherapy, under Priority Review.

The submission, from Seattle Genetics (Nasdaq:SGEN), is for the treatment of people with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, in a later-line setting.

Tucatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that is highly selective for HER2, was brought on board through the firm’s $614 million acquisition of Cascadian Therapeutics in 2018, a deal which now looks to have been worth every penny.

This article is accessible to registered users, to continue reading please register for free. A free trial will give you access to exclusive features, interviews, round-ups and commentary from the sharpest minds in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology space for a week. If you are already a registered user please login. If your trial has come to an end, you can subscribe here.

Try before you buy

Free

7 day trial access

Take a Free Trial

All the news that moves the needle in pharma and biotech
Exclusive features, podcasts, interviews, data analyses and commentary from our global network of life sciences reporters.
Receive The Pharma Letter daily news bulletin, free forever.

Become a subscriber

£820

Or £77 per month

Subscribe Now

Unfettered access to industry-leading news, commentary and analysis in pharma and biotech.
Updates from clinical trials, conferences, M&A, licensing, financing, regulation, patents & legal, executive appointments, commercial strategy and financial results.
Daily roundup of key events in pharma and biotech.
Monthly in-depth briefings on Boardroom appointments and M&A news.
Choose from a cost-effective annual package or a flexible monthly subscription

The Pharma Letter is an extremely useful and valuable Life Sciences service that brings together a daily update on performance people and products. It’s part of the key information for keeping me informed

Chairman, Sanofi Aventis UK