Lilly's Abemaciclib On Par With Ibrance In Breast Cancer, But Not 'Clearly Superior'

Despite returning positive results in the MONARCH-3 trial, Lilly's breast cancer therapy abemaciclib has sparked mixed reactions at ESMO; the big pharma will need to work on differentiating the drug from other CDK 4/6 therapies.

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Lilly's abemaciclib will face off with Pfizer's Ibrance if approved in 2018

It is unclear how much commercial traction Eli Lilly & Co. will get with incoming breast cancer therapy abemaciclib, analysts from Bernstein said after the big pharma presented Phase III data from the MONARCH-3 trial at the European Society for Medical Oncology's annual meeting in Madrid.

"The presentation of full MONARCH-3 results will largely support investors' disbelief that abemaciclib will be clearly superior [to market leading...

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