The FDA clearance aids AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s plan to position ADCs like Enhertu ahead of chemotherapy in a variety of tumors.

Enhertu first secured approval in 2019 for patients with high levels of HER2, a protein that promotes cancer cell growth. In 2022, the drug became the first therapy approved for H

As seen in the DESTINY-Breast06 trial, approximately 20-25 percent of hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer patients may be considered HER2-ultralow.1 These patients may now be eligible for a targeted treatment,

The antibody drug conjugate was approved for patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-low or -ultralow breast cancer with disease progression after endocrine therapy.

Just 11 days after AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo gained FDA approval | The FDA has cleared AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's Enhertu as the first HER2-directed treatment for patients with HER2-low or HER2-ultralow metastatic breast cancer following disease progression after one or more endocrine therapies.

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo have claimed their seventh FDA approval for Enhertu, getting the go-ahead for the blockbuster drug as a second-line treatment for patients with HER2-low and HER2-ultralow metastatic breast cancer.

FDA approves Enhertu for metastatic breast cancer with HER2-low or HER2-ultralow expression after showing significant efficacy in the DESTINY-Breast06 trial.

Roche’s PATHWAY HER2 (4B5) test helps identify patients with HER2-ultralow breast cancer, who may be eligible for targeted therapy.

AstraZeneca AZN and partner Daiichi Sankyo announced that the FDA has approved the supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) seeking approval for expanded use of Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) for HER2-low metastatic breast cancer in the United States.