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Daiichi Sankyo said September 29 that its HER2-targeted antibody drug conjugate (ADC) Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) demonstrated superiority over Roche’s Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine) in a global PIII study in patients with high-risk early breast cancer. The head-to-head trial enrolled 1,635 patients…
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