The inside story of Enhertu’s pan-tumor approval
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The inside story of Enhertu’s pan-tumor approval
Cancer drug history was made last Friday. Enhertu, the blockbuster antibody-drug conjugate discovered by Daiichi Sankyo and co-developed by AstraZeneca, was approved in the U.S. to treat any patient with advanced, HER2-positive cancer, regardless of where the tumor is located in the body.