Tagrisso could be 'new standard of care' in NSCLC, says AstraZeneca

9 September 2017
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The UK’s AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) has presented full results from the Phase III FLAURA trial at the top tier presidential symposium of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress in Madrid.

AstraZeneca says the data support Tagrisso’s (osimertinib) potential as a new standard of care in the first line treatment of certain non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.

The study was designed to compare the tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) with the current standard of care, fellow TKI inhibitors Tarceva (erlotinib) or Iressa (gefitinib).

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