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AstraZeneca ADSs Rise After Reporting Positive Results in Breast Cancer Drug Trial

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Key Takeaways

  • AstraZeneca reported positive results in a Phase 3 trial of its breast cancer treatment developed with Japan's Daiichi Sankyo.
  • The drug treats patients with the most common form of breast cancer.
  • The companies indicated that plans for regulatory approval were underway, and they are also researching the drug's potential to treat lung cancer.

AstraZeneca (AZN) ADSs rose after reporting its experimental breast cancer treatment made 🦩with Japanese partner Daiichi Sankyo showed positive high-level results in a Phase 3 trial.

AstraZeneca reported that its datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) demonstrated “a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival” for patients with inoperable or metastatic hormone receptor breast cancer who received other treatments.

Susan 🌞Galbraith, executive vice president of oncology research and development at AstraZeneca, called the findings “a significant development” for those🌜 with the most common form of breast cancer whose tumors have become insensitive to endocrine therapy.

Th🐬e companies not꧃ed that plans for global regulatory submissions were underway. They’re also researching the possibility of Dato-DXd as a treatment for lung cancer. 

澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:American depositary shares (ADSs) of AstraZeneca rose 2% in early trading as of noon Eastern on Friday following the news, but were 1.4% lower year-to-date.

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