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— Follows important findings from the TATTON1 study of the combination in EGFR inhibitor refractory lung cancer patients whose tumors harbor aberrations of...

AstraZeneca: ASTRAZENECA SECURES LICENSE EXTENSION AND EARLY NHS ENGLAND ACCESS TO TAGRISSO - (osimertinib) FOR PATIENTS WITH COMPLETELY RESECTED EARLY-STAGE EGFR MUTATION-POSITIVE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER 1 AstraZeneca, NHS England and NICE have reached an agreement to enable early access to osimertinib for patients with this type of cancer, while NICE undertakes its appraisal. Patients with early-stage lung cancer are treated with the intention of cure; however, many relapse because treatment is limited to surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. 2 Unprecedented clinical trial data show that o...

  In the ADAURA Phase III trial, chemotherapy use was balanced across the two treatment arms, with 60% of patients receiving prior adjuvant chemotherapy. In line with uptake observed in prior studies and clinical practice, younger patients (

TAGRISSO Approved in the US for the Adjuvant Treatment of Patients With Early-Stage EGFR-mutated Lung Cancer Approval based on unprecedented results from the ADAURA Phase III trial where TAGRISSO WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AstraZeneca’s TAGRISSO ® (osimertinib) has been approved in the US for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with early-stage epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated (EGFRm) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after tumor resection with curative intent. TAGRISSO is indicated for EGFRm patients whose tumors have exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R mutations as ...

ADDING MULTIMEDIA TAGRISSO Approved in the US for the Adjuvant Treatment of Patients With Early-Stage EGFR-mutated Lung Cancer Approval based on unprecedented results from the ADAURA Phase III trial where TAGRISSO WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AstraZeneca’s TAGRISSO ® (osimertinib) has been approved in the US for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with early-stage epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated (EGFRm) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after tumor resection with curative intent. TAGRISSO is indicated for EGFRm patients whose tumors have exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L...