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Pfizer’s Tukysa Makes Japan Debut for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

April 22, 2026
Pfizer said on April 21 that it has launched its oral anticancer agent Tukysa (tucatinib) in Japan for patients with HER2-positive unresectable or recurrent breast cancer previously treated with chemotherapy. Tukysa is a highly selective, small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor designed…

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