LYNPARZA® (olaparib) Approved in China as a First-Line Maintenance Therapy in BRCA-Mutated (BRCAm) Advanced Ovarian Cancer
AstraZeneca and Merck’s LYNPARZA Reduced the Risk of Disease Progression or Death by 70% Versus Placebo in BRCAm Advanced Ovarian Cancer Following Response to Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
Only PARP Inhibitor Approved in This Setting in China
KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AstraZeneca and Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the companies have received marketing authorization from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for LYNPARZA as a first-line maintenance treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed advanced germline or somatic BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm or sBRCAm) epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.
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