Merck/Daiichi Sankyo Partnered Lung Cancer Candidate Meets Primary Goal In Late-Stage Study

Tuesday, Merck & Co Inc (NYSE:MRK) released topline data from the HERTHENA-Lung02 phase 3 trial of patritumab deruxtecan in patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received prior EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment.

The study met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS), with patritumab deruxtecan demonstrating a statistically significant improvement versus platinum plus pemetrexed induction chemotherapy followed by pemetrexed maintenance chemotherapy.

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Overall survival (OS) ...