FDA approves Enhertu® (trastuzumab deruxtecan)

AstraZeneca announced that the FDA has approved Enhertu® (trastuzumab deruxtecan) a HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate jointly developed and commercialised by AZ and Daiichi Sankyo, for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received a prior anti-HER2-based regimen either in the metastatic setting, or in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting and have developed disease recurrence during or within six months of completing therapy.