In CheckMate -577, Opdivo
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Approval expands the role of Opdivo in earlier stages of disease, with two indications in the adjuvant setting across three types of cancer
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PRINCETON, NJ, USA I May 20, 2021 I Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved
Opdivo
® (nivolumab, injection for intravenous use) for the adjuvant treatment of completely resected esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer with residual pathologic disease in patients who have received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT).
1 The approval is based on results from the Phase 3 CheckMate -577 trial that evaluated
Opdivo (n=532) compared to placebo (n=262) in esophageal or GEJ cancer patients with residual pathologic disease following neoadjuvant CRT and complete resection.
previously treated HER2-positive advanced gastric cancer AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (Daiichi Sankyo) s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has been approved in the US for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who have received a prior trastuzumab-based regimen.
In the US, gastric cancer is most frequently diagnosed in the advanced stage, with only approximately 5% of patients surviving beyond five years.
1,2 Approximately one in five gastric cancers are HER2 positive.
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The approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was based on the positive results from the randomised DESTINY-Gastric01 Phase II trial conducted in Japan and South Korea. In the trial, Enhertudemonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival (OS) and objective respo
Search jobs 18-Jan-2021 ADDING MULTIMEDIA ENHERTU® Approved in the U.S. for the Treatment of Patients with Previously Treated HER2 Positive Advanced Gastric Cancer
First HER2 directed medicine approved for patients with gastric cancer in a decade
TOKYO & MUNICH & BASKING RIDGE, N.J. (BUSINESS WIRE) Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) and AstraZeneca’s
ENHERTU
® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been approved in the U.S. for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2 positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who have received a prior trastuzumab-based regimen.
In the U.S., gastric cancer is more frequently diagnosed in the advanced stage, with only approximately 5% of patients surviving five years.
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First HER2 directed medicine approved for patients with gastric cancer in a decade
TOKYO, Japan & MUNICH, Germany & BASKING RIDGE, NJ USA I January 15, 2021 I Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) and AstraZeneca’s
ENHERTU
® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been approved in the U.S. for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2 positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who have received a prior trastuzumab-based regimen.
In the U.S., gastric cancer is more frequently diagnosed in the advanced stage, with only approximately 5% of patients surviving five years.
1,2 Approximately one in five gastric cancers are HER2 positive.