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Seagen Inc. (Nasdaq:SGEN) today announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization for TUKYSA ® (tucatinib) in combination with trastuzumab and capecitabine for the treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who have received at least two prior anti-HER2 treatment regimens. TUKYSA is an oral, small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) of HER2, a protein that contributes to cancer cell growth. 1,2 “This approval is a significant advancement for patients in Europe, who will for the first time have an approved m...

Published: Feb 12, 2021 European Commission Approves Seagen’s TUKYSA ® (tucatinib) for the Treatment of Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer - Approved for Adult Patients with HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Who Have Received at Least Two Prior Anti-HER2 Treatment Regimens - - First HER-2 Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Combination Regimen to Improve Overall and Progression-Free Survival in Previously Treated Patients with Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer With or Without Brain Metastases -   BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Seagen, Inc. (Na...

Share this article Share this article TOKYO and BOTHELL, Wash., Feb. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., "Astellas") and Seagen Inc. (Nasdaq: SGEN) today announced primary results from the phase 3 EV-301 trial comparing PADCEV ® (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) to chemotherapy in adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who were previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy and a PD-1/L1 inhibitor. At the time of pre-specified interim analysis, patients who received PADCEV in the trial lived a median o...

(2) - Recommendation for Approval in the European Union Based on Results of Pivotal HER2CLIMB Trial - Seagen Inc. (Nasdaq:SGEN) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency adopted a positive opinion recommending the approval of TUKYSA (tucatinib) in combination with trastuzumab and capecitabine for the treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who have received at least 2 prior anti-HER2 treatment regimens. TUKYSA is an oral, small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)...