Astrazeneca's second ADC drug has been approved for breast cancer in China

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2025.08.22 12:38

AstraZeneca announced that injectable derazantinib (Dazhuoyou) has officially been approved in China for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor (HR) positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative breast cancer who have previously received endocrine therapy and at least one line of chemotherapy in the advanced disease stage. Derazantinib is a targeted TROP2 antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) and is the second ADC drug developed in collaboration between AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo to be introduced in China. (The Paper)