AstraZeneca wins expanded OK to use Tagrisso in frontline lung cancer niche, spurring hope of hitting $3B sales goal
The FDA has come through with a speedy approval for AstraZeneca’s standout cancer drug Tagrisso as a frontline treatment for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer.
The OK, just four months after the agency offered a priority review, marks another big step forward toward AstraZeneca’s goal of gaining a larger share of the blockbuster lung cancer market. They recently snagged a pioneering approval for their PD-L1 drug durvalumab in stage III unresectable lung cancer, giving them an edge for a large group of patients in a lucrative niche that could remain theirs for some time. Their combination of durvalumab and tremelimumab in frontline lung cancer, though, failed the first hurdle on progression-free survival.
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