Imfinzi granted Priority Review and Breakthrough Therapy Designation in the US for patients with resectable early-stage gastric and GEJ cancers
Susan Galbraith, Executive Vice President, Oncology Haematology R&D, AstraZeneca, said: “This Priority Review reinforces the potential for a perioperative approach with Imfinzi to transform care for patients with early gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers, who frequently face disease recurrence or progression even after curative-intent surgery and perioperative chemotherapy. This novel treatment is the only immunotherapy-based regimen to show a statistically significant reduction in the risk of progression, recurrence or death in this setting, and if approved, is poised to change the clinical paradigm.”
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