AstraZeneca: drug approved for prostate cancer

(CercleFinance.com) - AstraZeneca and MSD (Merck & Co outside North America) announce that their drug Lynparza has been approved by the US FDA for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with HRR gene mutation.


This decision was based on the results of a phase III trial that showed a strong reduction in the risk of disease progression and a clinically and statistically significant improvement in overall survival.

Following this approval in the US, AstraZeneca will receive a regulatory milestone payment of 35 million dollars from MSD, which is expected to be recognised in its collaboration revenues in the second quarter of 2020.



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