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DS-8201 Delivers in PII Breast Cancer Study: Daiichi Sankyo/AZ
Daiichi Sankyo and its partner AstraZeneca said on May 8 that their HER2-targeting antibody drug conjugate (ADC) DS-8201 (trastuzumab deruxtecan) hit the primary goal in a global PII study in HER2-positive breast cancer - a result that provides a tailwind…
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