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Enhertu Hits Mark in 1st Line Breast Cancer with PIII Trial Win
Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca said on April 21 that their antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) demonstrated superior efficacy over the current standard of care in the frontline treatment of HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer. Reporting the interim analysis results…
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