previously treated HER2-positive advanced gastric cancer AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (Daiichi Sankyo) s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has been approved in the US for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who have received a prior trastuzumab-based regimen.
In the US, gastric cancer is most frequently diagnosed in the advanced stage, with only approximately 5% of patients surviving beyond five years.
1,2 Approximately one in five gastric cancers are HER2 positive.
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The approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was based on the positive results from the randomised DESTINY-Gastric01 Phase II trial conducted in Japan and South Korea. In the trial, Enhertudemonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival (OS) and objective respo
Court Ruling Allows Class-Action Status in Baylor Scott & White Wage Dispute
The plaintiff s attorneys will now be able to send a notice to any employees who feel their wages have been shortchanged.
By Will Maddox
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January 18, 2021
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The federal court in the Northern District of Texas has granted conditional certification to the plaintiffs against Baylor Scott & White Health, where they allege that their employer docked their pay unfairly. The certification will allow the plaintiff’s lawyers to send notice to all qualifying BSW employees to see if they would like to join the lawsuit with the original 18 plaintiffs.
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First HER2 directed medicine approved for patients with gastric cancer in a decade
TOKYO & MUNICH & BASKING RIDGE, N.J. (BUSINESS WIRE) Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) and AstraZeneca’s
ENHERTU
® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been approved in the U.S. for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2 positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who have received a prior trastuzumab-based regimen.
In the U.S., gastric cancer is more frequently diagnosed in the advanced stage, with only approximately 5% of patients surviving five years.
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First HER2 directed medicine approved for patients with gastric cancer in a decade
TOKYO, Japan & MUNICH, Germany & BASKING RIDGE, NJ USA I January 15, 2021 I Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) and AstraZeneca’s
ENHERTU
® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been approved in the U.S. for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2 positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who have received a prior trastuzumab-based regimen.
In the U.S., gastric cancer is more frequently diagnosed in the advanced stage, with only approximately 5% of patients surviving five years.
1,2 Approximately one in five gastric cancers are HER2 positive.