April 11, 2019 Sophia Vida
Biotech & Pharma

AstraZeneca and Merck’s Breast Cancer Drug Lynparza Gets EU Approval

AstraZeneca plc AZN and partner Merck announced this week that the European Commission has approved the two companies’ PARP inhibitor, Lynparza (olaparib). Lynparza has been approved as a monotherapy, for a new patient population suffering germline BRCA-mutated HER2-negative locally-advanced/metastatic breast cancer, who were previously treated with chemotherapy. Lynparza is the first approved PARP-inhibitor for treating … Continue reading “AstraZeneca and Merck’s Breast Cancer Drug Lynparza Gets EU Approval”