AstraZeneca secures global rights to Jacobio Pharma’s Pan‑KRAS JAB‑23E73 in high‑stakes KRAS market expansion
Find out how Jacobio Pharma’s global licensing deal with AstraZeneca could reshape KRAS‑targeted cancer therapy development.
Enhertu plus pertuzumab receives FDA approval for 1st-line HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer: Is the new standard of care here?
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s antibody-drug conjugate Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan), in combination with pertuzumab, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval as a first-line treatment for patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, based on results from the DESTINY-Breast09 Phase III trial. The approval marks the first new frontline treatment in over a decade […]
AstraZeneca gains EU approval for Saphnelo self-injection pen in lupus treatment
AstraZeneca has received European Commission approval for a new subcutaneous formulation of Saphnelo (anifrolumab), allowing adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to self-administer the drug via a once-weekly pre-filled pen. The regulatory decision follows a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use and is supported by data from the Phase […]
What Pillar Biosciences’ China move means for decentralized oncology diagnostics
Pillar Biosciences has expanded its collaboration with AstraZeneca to bring its next-generation sequencing-based liquid biopsy kits to China, aiming to accelerate localized tumor profiling and broaden access to precision oncology diagnostics. The partnership, which includes Shanghai Zhengu Biological Technology Co., Ltd., is designed to support assay implementation across Chinese hospital laboratories to reduce diagnostic turnaround […]