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Daiichi/Merck Pull HER3-DXd Filing for NSCLC in US
Daiichi Sankyo and US Merck said on May 29 that they have voluntarily withdrawn their FDA application for the HER3-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-DXd) after it missed the overall survival (OS) goal in a confirmatory study. The filing…
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