With at least two potential candidates being touted as potential best-in-class by their sponsors, the oral SERD market is shaping up to be highly competitive. Sanofi has taken an early lead in expanding the scope of its Phase III breast cancer program.

A decent 42% reduction in the risk of recurrence in high-risk early-stage BRCA mutated disease should open another new market for the leading PARP inhibitor. Data also hint at a survival benefit to come.

This year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting is set to take place virtually from 4-8 June, and while many abstracts have now been released for this year’s conference, we take a sneak peek at what is still under wraps, with five of the key late-breaking presentations due to be presented at the plenary session, with input from Biomedtracker and Datamonitor Healthcare.

In this one-off podcast, hear in the inside story of how the Pharmaprojects’ Pharma R&D Annual Review 2021 is put together, its history and the trends it has revealed in R&D over the years.

INFOGRAPHIC: A snapshot of the industry in key performance indicators surrounding R&D taken in early 2021.

AstraZeneca and Sanofi have leapt forward in their plans to shake up the RSV market with earlier than expected positive data for their passive immunization product nirsevimab. Rival maternal vaccines in development will cast a shadow, however.