India, May 31 -- AstraZeneca (AZN,AZN.L) and Daiichi Sankyo (DSKYF.PK) announced that positive results from the DESTINY-Gastric04 phase 3 trial showed ENHERTU (trastuzumab deruxtecan) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival (OS) compared to ramucirumab plus paclitaxel in patients with second-line HER2 positive (IHC 3+ or IHC 2+/ISH+) unresectable and/or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma.
ENHERTU is a specifically engineered HER2 directed DXd antibody drug conjugate (ADC) discovered by Daiichi Sankyo and being jointly developed and commercialized by Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca.
In the primary endpoint analysis of overall survival, ENHERTU reduc...