8.14.2024 China approves AstraZeneca-Daiichi Sankyo’s gastric cancer therapy

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo‘s antibody drug conjugate (ADC) Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has received conditional approval from the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for gastric cancer.

The approval allows Enhertu to be used as a single agent for adults with locally advanced or metastatic human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma who have undergone a minimum of two previous treatment regimens.