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AZ's Lynparza Gets Prostate Cancer Priority Review

Hot On The Heels Of Clovis PARP Inhibitor Rubraca

 
• By Kevin Grogan

The race is firmly on to be the first PARP inhibitor approved for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, with the FDA giving a speedy review to AstraZeneca and Merck & Co's Lynparza just days after granting the same to Clovis Oncology's Rubraca.

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AZ and Clovis neck and neck in prostate cancer • Source: Shutterstock

AstraZeneca PLC's hopes of having a fourth tumor type approved for Lynparza have received a big boost with US regulators agreeing to a quicker evaluation of the firm's PARP inhibitor for prostate cancer.

The UK major and partner Merck & Co. Inc. have announced that a supplemental new drug application for Lynparza...

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