Imfinzi’s ADRIATIC Success Boosts AstraZeneca’s Lung Cancer Strategy

A win in limited-stage small cell lung cancer will contribute to the company’s larger ambition to treat half of all lung cancer patients by 2030.

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AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi has scored another Phase III hit, this time in limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC), putting it on course to be the first immunotherapy approved in the setting.

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