PACIFIC Pays Off Again For AZ With Imfinzi Lung Cancer OS Success
Executive Summary
Having already got off to a strong start on the US market on the back of stellar progression-free survival data, AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy Imfinzi has hit a second primary endpoint of the PACIFIC trial by improving overall survival in unresectable Stage III NSCLC patients, raising the bar even higher for future competition from rival PD-1/L1 inhibitors.
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