Clovis In Pole Position To Be First PARP For Prostate Cancer

Clovis is looking a steal a march on its rival PARP inhibitors and hopes to be the first drug in the class to get approval for prostate cancer following strong data seen in the TRITON trial.

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Rubraca performed well in TRITON2 trial • Source: Shutterstock

Clovis Oncology Inc.'s PARP inhibitor Rubraca is showing promise in prostate cancer, according to data released at this year’s ESMO conference, as the company hopes to steal a march on AstraZeneca PLC and Merck & Co. Inc.’s more established rival drug.

With the PARP inhibitor space in ovarian cancer becoming ever more competitive, and AstraZeneca's Lynparza (olaparib) increasingly dominating, data presented...

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