Weekly Digest - August 2024

Weekly Digest - August 2024

19 Aug 2024: ENHERTU® Granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation in U.S. for Certain Patients with HER2 Low or HER2 Ultralow Metastatic Breast Cancer

  • ENHERTU® has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation in the U.S. for treating unresectable or metastatic HER2 low or HER2 ultralow breast cancer in patients who have undergone specific prior treatments

  • The designation is based on positive results from the DESTINY-Breast06 phase 3 trial, presented at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting

  • ENHERTU, a HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugate developed by Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca, has now received eight Breakthrough Therapy Designations, including four for metastatic breast cancer

  • The Breakthrough Therapy Designation aims to expedite the development and review of medicines for serious conditions that show significant improvement over existing treatments

  • This new designation for ENHERTU marks the eleventh Breakthrough Therapy Designation in Daiichi Sankyo’s oncology pipeline

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