Tag Archives: gastroesophageal junction cancer

AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi Regimen Approved in the European Union for Early-Stage Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers

(IN BRIEF) AstraZeneca has received approval from the European Commission for the use of Imfinzi (durvalumab) in combination with FLOT chemotherapy as a perioperative treatment for adults with resectable early-stage and locally advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers. The approval … Read the full press release

FDA Grants Priority Review to Imfinzi for First‑Ever Perioperative Immunotherapy in Resectable Gastric and GEJ Cancer

(IN BRIEF) The FDA has accepted AstraZeneca’s sBLA for Imfinzi as a perioperative immunotherapy regimen in resectable early‑stage and locally advanced gastric and GEJ cancers, granting Priority Review with a decision expected in Q4 2025. The application leverages MATTERHORN Phase III data … Read the full press release

Rare disease: Enhertu of AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo now with Orphan Drug Designation in the US for treatment of gastric cancer

(PRESS RELEASE) CAMBRIDGE, 22-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Enhertu, jointly developed by British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the second-largest pharmaceutical company in Japan Daiichi Sankyo (Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited), has just been granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) in … Read the full press release