ENHERTU® Approved in Japan for Patients with Previously Treated HER2 Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
“We are proud of the quality and speed in which we were able to deliver a confirmatory phase 3 trial that demonstrated the superiority of ENHERTU in prolonging progression-free survival compared to T-DM1 in patients with previously treated HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer,” said Wataru Takasaki, PhD, Executive Officer, Head of R&D Division in Japan, Daiichi Sankyo. “This approval by the MHLW highlights the importance of the conditional approval system in Japan that allows for early approval of medicines to treat serious conditions such as breast cancer.”
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