AstraZeneca Hopes Imfinzi Breakthrough Get Can Burn Off MYSTIC Failure
Executive Summary
Imfinzi becomes first cancer immunotherapy designated a breakthrough therapy for non-metastatic non-small cell lung cancer patients who have not progressed after platinum-based chemoradiation therapy, just days after announcing a missed primary endpoint in the first-line MYSTIC trial in metastatic NSCLC.
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