FDA approves Roche’s kidney inflammation drug

Gazyva/Gazyvaro is the only anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody to demonstrate a complete renal response benefit in lupus nephritis in a randomised phase III study

AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi cuts death risk by 32% in high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Adding one year of Imfinzi treatment to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) induction and maintenance therapy delivered an early and sustained disease-free survival benefit vs. BCG alone

FDA approves Roche’s Tecentriq + lurbinectedin as first-line maintenance therapy for lung cancer

Combination reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 46% and risk of death by 27% in pivotal phase III IMforte study

Enhertu improved in invasive disease-free survival in early breast cancer in DB-05

Second positive Phase III trial of AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu in HER2-positive early breast cancer reinforces its potential to become a foundational treatment option in curative-intent setting

Fortis and Agilus expand rapid genomic testing capabilities

The Genexus platform enables Next-Generation Sequencing with significantly faster turnaround times

AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso plus chemotherapy improves overall survival in EGFR-mutated advanced lung cancer

Longer-term follow up in the FLAURA2 Phase III trial confirms the favourable benefit-risk profile of this combination

Imfinzi approved in the EU as first and only perioperative immunotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Approval based on NIAGARA Phase III trial results which showed a 32% reduction in the risk of recurrence and a 25% reduction in the risk of death for the Imfinzi regimen vs. neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone

Datroway approved in the US for patients with previously treated advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer

First and only TROP2-directed therapy approved in the US for the treatment of lung cancer

AstraZeneca’s fixed-duration Calquence-based regimens approved in EU for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

AMPLIFY Phase III trial results demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival for Calquence combinations

Ichnos Glenmark Innovation’s full dose-escalation data show high response rates of ISB 2001