ESMO 2023: TROPION-Breast01 And -Lung01 Studies Breathe Life Into Dato-DXd

The future for AstraZeneca/Daiichi Sankyo’s TROP2-targeted ADC candidate Dato-DXd is looking more positive after details of their TROPION-Lung01 and TROPION-Breast01 Phase III studies were presented at ESMO.    

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AstraZeneca PLC and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.’s TROP2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) should have a role in the treatment of some lung and breast cancers on the basis of data from their TROPION-Lung01 and TROPION-Breast01 Phase III studies, presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology congress in Madrid, Spain.

Concerns had been raised about the strength of the data for the keenly awaited TROPION-Lung01 study after the firms’ restrained...

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