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Key data evaluating the efficacy and safety of Farxiga (dapagliflozin) in combination with other type-2 diabetes therapies head-to-head vs. insulin or sulfonylurea Latest data from the DEPICT clinical programme evaluating Farxiga to address an unmet need for oral therapy in adult patients with type-1 diabetes

Independent data monitoring committee advises lanabecestat is unlikely to meet primary endpoints, leading to decision to discontinue these trials

Today the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for Tagrisso as monotherapy for the 1st-line treatment of adult patients with locally-advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with activating epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. The approval is based on results from the Phase III FLAURA trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

AstraZeneca and Merck today presented data, which showed clinical improvement in median radiologic progression-free survival (rPFS) with Lynparza (olaparib) in combination with abiraterone compared to abiraterone monotherapy, a standard of care, in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Lynparza is being jointly developed and commercialised by AstraZeneca and MSD.

Trial meets the primary endpoint of durable complete response Majority of patients who had a complete response had no evidence of any remaining detectable cancer cells Phase III clinical trial results served as basis for recent US FDA regulatory submission

TERRANOVA trial did not meet the primary endpoint of a statistically-significant reduction of exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

AstraZeneca and MedImmune today announced positive overall survival results for the Phase III PACIFIC trial, a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, multi-centre trial of Imfinzi in patients with unresectable Stage III non-small cell lung cancer whose disease had not progressed following platinum-based chemotherapy concurrent with radiation therapy.

AstraZeneca and MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, head to the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, US, 1-5 June 2018, with an expanded portfolio in Oncology.

AstraZeneca has submitted a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to Japan’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) for the use of Forxiga (dapagliflozin), a selective sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, as an oral adjunct treatment to insulin in adults with type-1 diabetes (T1D).

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lokelma (sodium zirconium cyclosilicate), formerly ZS-9, for the treatment of adults with hyperkalaemia,a serious condition characterised by elevated potassium levels in the blood associated with cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases.