FDA Accepts Regulatory Submission of Supplemental New Drug Application for LYNPARZA® (olaparib) in HRR-Mutated Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer and Grants Priority Review
Submission Based on PROfound, the First Phase 3 Trial Evaluating a Targeted Treatment in Biomarker-Selected Prostate Cancer Patients
KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AstraZeneca and Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for LYNPARZA has been accepted and granted priority review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene mutations, who have progressed following prior treatment with a new hormonal agent.
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