Recommended marketing authorisation for patients whose tumours express PD-L1 on ≥1% of tumour cells Imfinzi is the first immunotherapy recommended for approval for the treatment of locally-advanced, unresectable NSCLC
Starka resultat från nya läkemedel och tillväxtmarknaderna stödjer återgång till tillväxt under 2018
AstraZeneca has agreed to sell the commercial rights to Atacand(candesartan cilexetil)and AtacandPlus (fixed-dose combination of candesartan cilexetil and hydrochlorothiazide) in Europe to CheplapharmArzneimittel GmbH (Cheplapharm). Atacand is a prescription medicine for the treatment of heart failure and hypertension.
AstraZeneca meddelar i dag att Katarina Ageborg utsetts till ny VD för AstraZeneca AB. Hon tar över efter Jan-Olof Jacke den 1 augusti 2018 och kommer även fortsättningsvis rapportera till koncernchef Pascal Soriot.
Lynparza is the first and only PARP inhibitor approved for use beyond ovarian cancer Second approval in Japan for AstraZeneca and MSD’s Lynparza
AstraZeneca and MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, today announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved Imfinzi (durvalumab) as maintenance therapy after definitive chemoradiation therapy (CRT) in locally-advanced (Stage III), unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
AstraZeneca today announced that the CHMP of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion, recommending inclusion of Bydureon (2mg prolonged-release suspension for injection) BCise device as a new formulation within the marketing authorisation for Bydureon (exenatide extended-release) for the treatment of type-2 diabetes.
AstraZeneca and MSD today announced positive results from the randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, Phase III SOLO-1 trial of Lynparza (olaparib) tablets.
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.
