Hits: 1063 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.