Promising Early Results For AZ And Daiichi’s Dato-DXd In Breast Cancer – But How Soon Can They File?

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AZ and Daiichi Sankyo hope that Dato-DXd can follow in the footsteps of their other ADC, Enhertu, and become an oncology blockbuster. • Source: Shutterstock

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo will talk to regulators about their promising new Phase III results for datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) in the most common form of advanced breast cancer – but may have to hold on for overall survival results before filing.

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