Vepdegestrant (ARV-471) Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for the Treatment of Patients with ER+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer
“We are focused on the persisting unmet needs of people with ER+/HER2- breast cancer and doing all that we can to expedite the development of vepdegestrant as a novel, oral ER-targeted potential therapy for this patient community,” said John Houston, Ph.D., Arvinas Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer, and President. “We are pleased the FDA has granted Fast Track designation for vepdegestrant, and we continue to believe this investigational drug has the potential to harness the body’s own natural protein disposal system to selectively and efficiently degrade and remove disease-causing proteins.”
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