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AstraZeneca (AZN) Granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by U.S. FDA for Tagrisso (Osimertinib)

October 9, 2017 9:19 AM EDT

AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) for TAGRISSO® (osimertinib) for the 1st-line treatment of patients with metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Sean Bohen, Executive Vice President, Global Medicines Development and Chief Medical Officer at AstraZeneca, said: The Breakthrough Designation acknowledges not only TAGRISSOs potential as a 1st-line standard of care in advanced EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC, but also the significant need for improved clinical outcomes in this disease. The results of the FLAURA trial have the potential to redefine clinical... More

AstraZeneca (AZN) Says EMA Accepted MAA for Imfinzi in Locally-Advanced Unresectable NSCLC

October 9, 2017 6:24 AM EDT

AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN), along with MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, has announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted a Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for Imfinzi(durvalumab) for the treatment of patients with locally-advanced (Stage III), unresectable non-small cell... More

Catalan parliament defies Madrid pressure, works on independence declaration

October 6, 2017 5:28 AM EDT

By Sam Edwards and Raquel Castillo

BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) - Catalan secessionists were working on Friday toward a unilateral declaration of independence from Spain that could be adopted next week in defiance of a court order and increased economic pressure from Madrid.

After Spain's Constitutional Court suspended a session of the Catalan regional parliament set for Monday, which had been expected to endorse an independence declaration, the parliament said the region's pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont would address the assembly at 6 p.m. (1600 GMT) on Tuesday.

Madrid apologized for the first time on Friday for police... More