Enhertu

Jun 13, 2025

The Patent Cliff Returns: Can Big Pharma Innovate Fast Enough to Stay on Top? For decades, blockbuster drugs have fueled the pharmaceutical industry’s golden age. But as the 2020s unfold, a familiar threat is resurfacing with unprecedented intensity: the Loss of Exclusivity (LOE). With patents on multibillion-do...

May 09, 2025

ENHERTU, a next-generation antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) jointly developed by Daiichi Sankyo/ AstraZeneca since March 2019, except in Japan, where Daiichi Sankyo maintains exclusive rights. It is worth noting that recently, in November 2024, Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca were awarded the Galien Foundation 2024 Pri...

May 09, 2025

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States; approximately 85% of lung cancers are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with ~530K cases in the 7MM. The main subtypes of NSCLC are adenocarcinoma (~57%), squamous cell carcinoma (~26%), and large cell carcinoma (~2%). Despite adv...

Aug 13, 2024

For most of the last century, breast cancer was categorized only by its location in the body; as a result, treatment results varied significantly. Patients with metastatic HER2+ breast cancer were traditionally treated with conventional chemotherapy regimens until trastuzumab became available. In September 1998, th...

Apr 15, 2024

ENHERTU lies at the core of AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s objectives for advancing in oncology. This collaboration has notably broadened the antibody-drug conjugates impact in the United States. On April 5, 2024, the FDA approved ENHERTU to treat HER2-positive solid tumors in adults who have received previous sy...

Apr 09, 2024

Enhertu Receives US Approval as First HER2-focused Treatment for Metastatic Solid Tumors, Independent of Tumor Origin AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's drug Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has gained approval in the United States for treating adult patients with inoperable or metastatic HER2-positive (IHC 3+) so...

Jan 30, 2024

Merck’s KEYTRUDA Reduced the Risk of Death by 38% Versus Placebo as Adjuvant Therapy for Patients With Renal Cell Cancer (RCC) at an Increased Risk of Recurrence Following Nephrectomy Merck, also known as MSD beyond the United States and Canada, has revealed findings from the Phase III KEYNOTE-564 trial, which a...

Jun 02, 2023

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are becoming more prominent in the cancer treatment market. Antibody-drug conjugates are one of the most rapidly increasing anticancer treatments. This approach uses a mAb attached to a cytotoxic payload via a chemical linker that is directed towards a target antigen expressed on the...

Feb 24, 2023

Cancer is the world’s second leading cause of death. Every year, 10 million people die from cancer. Cancer kills 70% of people in low-to-middle-income countries. Cancer is estimated to cost the global economy USD 1.16 trillion per year. Millions of lives could be saved annually by implementing resource-appropriate ...

Jan 31, 2023

FDA Approves Eli Lilly’s Jaypirca for Relapsed Mantle Cell Lymphoma Eli Lilly has received FDA approval for Jaypirca, a non-covalent BTK inhibitor, in relapsed mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) patients who have relapsed after treatment with other drugs in the class. Adult MCL patients who have previously received at l...