Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. and AstraZeneca PLC’s antibody-drug conjugate product Enhertu has received an expanded approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its use in gastric cancer.
FDA Approval Opens Up Gastric Cancer To Daiichi Sankyo/AZ’s Enhertu
Follows Japanese Approval Last September
The two companies can now market their HER-2 targeting antibody-drug conjugate in its second tumor type as they look to expand beyond breast cancer.

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