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.

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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