Enhertu recommended for approval in the EU by CHMP for patients with HER2-low or HER2-ultralow metastatic breast cancer following at least one endocrine therapy
Susan Galbraith, Executive Vice President, Oncology Haematology R&D, AstraZeneca, said: “Endocrine therapy is typically used in the initial treatment of HR-positive metastatic breast cancer but as the disease progresses the benefit of continued endocrine therapy is limited, and subsequent standard-of-care chemotherapy is associated with poor outcomes. Enhertu has the potential to be the first HER2-directed treatment for patients in the EU with HR-positive, HER2-low or HER2-ultralow metastatic breast cancer directly following endocrine therapy, which would mark an important shift in how patients in this setting are treated.”
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