Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2025
Enhertu approved in the EU as first HER2 directed therapy for patients with HR positive, HER2 low or HER2 ultralow metastatic breast cancer following at least one endocrine therapy
4 April 2025 - Based on DESTINY-Breast06 phase 3 trial results which showed Enhertu demonstrated superiority versus chemotherapy with a median progression-free survival of more than one year.
Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca’s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has been approved in the European Union as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor positive, HER2 low (IHC 1+ or IHC 2+/ISH-) or HER2 ultralow (IHC 0 with membrane staining) breast cancer who have received at least one endocrine therapy in the metastatic setting and who are not considered suitable for endocrine therapy as the next line of treatment.
