AstraZeneca's Imfinzi Debuts In Bladder Cancer With Combo Coming Soon
Executive Summary
As many as five PD-1/L1 inhibitors will be approved for second-line metastatic disease by the end of 2017, but AstraZeneca hopes to stand apart with the combination of Imfinzi (durvalumab) with its CTLA-4 inhibitor tremelimumab.
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