AstraZeneca Mulls Broad Ovarian Cancer Maintenance Approval For Lynparza
Executive Summary
Tesaro's niraparib has an advantage over other PARP inhibitors in that it has been tested successfully in Phase III for ovarian cancer patients with and without BRCA mutations, but AstraZeneca thinks it may have a case for broad labeling without pivotal data in this population.
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