AstraZeneca's Risky Lynparza Endpoint In Pancreatic Cancer Goes Before Advisory Cmte.
Executive Summary
US FDA usually recommends using overall survival for pancreatic cancer drugs, but AstraZeneca chose progression-free survival; now ODAC will weigh in on whether the PARP inhibitor olaparib demonstrated a clinically meaningful impact. The firm cites enrollment and design challenges in the gBRCAm population as reasons for using PFS.
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