Daiichi Sankyo Announces Breakthrough Therapy Designation For Ifinatamab Deruxtecan

(RTTNews) - Daiichi Sankyo announced that Ifinatamab deruxtecan has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the FDA for the treatment of adult patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. The FDA granted the BTD based on data from the IDeate-Lung01 phase 2 trial, with support from the IDeate-PanTumor01 phase 1/2 trial.

Ifinatamab deruxtecan is a specifically engineered, potential first-in-class B7-H3 directed DXd antibody drug conjugate discovered by Daiichi Sankyo and being jointly developed by Daiichi Sankyo and Merck (MRK).

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