Big Guns Ready To Roll Into Madrid: ESMO Preview

The stage is set for AstraZeneca to shine and showcase the benefits of its immunotherapy Imfinzi in lung cancer as pharmaceutical companies large and small head to Europe's largest oncology meeting.

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All roads lead to Madrid as ESMO throws the spotlight on oncology • Source: Shutterstock

Delegates are getting ready to descend on Madrid for an eagerly-anticipated European Society for Medical Oncology congress Sept.8-12 and among the deluge of data, most eyes will be on AstraZeneca PLC and results from trials of two drugs key to the firm's future success in lung cancer - Imfinzi (durvalumab) and Tagrisso (osimertinib).

Most keenly-watched will be the results from the PACIFIC trial of Imfinzi, AstraZeneca's PD-1/L1 inhibitor, in unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

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