Building Out A Blockbuster Franchise: AstraZeneca’s Growth Plans For US Lung Cancer Therapy

Arun Krishna reveals portfolio plans for best-selling therapy Tagrisso, and its other activities to prevent, screen and diagnose lung cancer faster.

Lung Cancer

The lung cancer therapeutic space is fast-paced and hopeful, with new therapies approved for gene mutations allowing for personalized medicine and an evolving understanding of disease biology. And dynamic it must be, with lung cancer the most commonly occurring cancer worldwide, accounting for 12.4% of total new cases.

AstraZeneca’s Stable Of Lung Cancer Therapies
  • Tagrisso (osimertinib)

In March, the FDA approved Johnson & Johnson’s Rybrevant (mivantamab) with chemotherapies carboplatin and pemetrexed for the first-line treatment...

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