AZ, Merck get FDA okay for Lynparza as adjuvant breast cancer therapy
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MARCH 13, 2022
The FDA has cleared AstraZeneca and Merck & Co’s Lynparza as an adjuvant or neoadjuvant treatment for breast cancer, extending its lead over pretenders to its PARP inhibitor crown. The new approval is for use in patients with BRCA-mutated, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer who have already been treated with chemotherapy – either before or after surgery – and are at high risk of the disease coming back.
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