Lynparza reduced risk of death by 32% in the adjuvant treatment of patients with germline BRCA-mutated high-risk early breast cancer. First PARP inhibitor to demonstrate overall survival benefit in early breast cancer.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a complete response letter (CRL) regarding the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Fasenra (benralizumab) for patients with inadequately controlled chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP).
AstraZeneca and MSD’s Lynparza (olaparib) has been approved in the US for the adjuvant treatment of patients with germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm) HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer who have already been treated with chemotherapy either before or after surgery.
Detailed results from the positive MELODY Phase III trial showed a single dose of AstraZeneca and Sanofi’s nirsevimab met the primary efficacy endpoint reducing the incidence of medically attended lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) by 74.5% (95% CI 49.6, 87.1; p<0.001), compared to placebo.
Alexion, AstraZeneca’s Rare Disease group, has closed an exclusive global collaboration and licence agreement with Neurimmune AG for NI006, an investigational human monoclonal antibody currently in Phase Ib development for the treatment of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM).
AstraZeneca and Honeywell will partner to develop next-generation respiratory inhalers using the propellant HFO-1234ze, which has up to 99.9% less Global Warming Potential (GWP) than propellants currently used in respiratory medicines.
Positive high-level results from the pivotal DESTINY-Breast04 Phase III trial showed Enhertu demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in both progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with HER2-low unresectable and/or metastatic breast cancer regardless of hormone receptor (HR) status versus physician’s choice of chemotherapy.
AstraZeneca’s Saphnelo (anifrolumab) has been approved in the European Union as an add-on therapy for the treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe, active autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), despite receiving standard therapy.
Positive results from the PROpel Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca and MSD’s Lynparza (olaparib) in combination with abiraterone demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) versus current standard-of-care abiraterone as a 1st-line treatment for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
Totala intäkter ökade med 41% och vinst per aktie för kärnverksamheten ökade med 32% under ett år med en exceptionell leverans både av forskningsportföljen och kommersiellt, i kombination med en accelererad strategisk omvandling i och med förvärvet av Alexion.
AstraZeneca flyttar delar av sin verksamhet till Hagastaden i Stockholm och det växande Life Science-klustret vid Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset. Flytten tar AstraZeneca närmare kunder, samarbetspartners och de miljöer där patienterna behandlas.
Positive results from the TOPAZ-1 Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab), in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy, demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) versus chemotherapy alone as a 1st-line treatment for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC).
