AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo push Enhertu into early breast cancer with new FDA nod

AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo push Enhertu into early breast cancer with new FDA nod

AstraZeneca PLC and Daiichi Sankyo’s HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugate Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer who have residual invasive disease following neoadjuvant treatment and are at high risk of recurrence. The designation is based on positive results […]

Is Kazia’s paxalisib becoming the new backbone for checkpoint combos?

Is Kazia’s paxalisib becoming the new backbone for checkpoint combos?

Kazia Therapeutics Limited has presented new clinical and translational data at the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium demonstrating that paxalisib, its investigational brain-penetrant PI3K/mTOR inhibitor, may suppress circulating tumor cell clusters and reverse immune exhaustion in two of the most treatment-resistant breast cancer subtypes—HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer and triple-negative breast cancer. The early evidence, […]