Seagen Debuts In EU With Tukysa Launch & Sees UK As 'Key' Future Market

Pricing And Reimbursement Talks Getting Under Way

Tuomo Pätsi of US biotech firm Seagen discusses plans for the rollout of Tukysa in Europe, how it successfully used a new mechanism for approval in Great Britain, and why the UK will be a go-to market for future innovative drug filings.

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Seagen plans to market its breast cancer drug in the EU and the UK • Source: Shutterstock

Seagen has begun launching its advanced breast cancer drug Tukysa (tucatinib) in its first EU markets – Germany, Austria and France – following its regulatory approval last month in both the EU and the post-Brexit UK.

“This is a big day for us,” Tuomo Pätsi, Seagen’s executive vice president, commercial international, said on 15 March. “In...

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