
Nearly half of all women with advanced ovarian cancer undergo this combined therapy within two years. In the US, bevacizumab was licensed for use in 2018 for the 1st-line treatment of advanced ovarian cancer in conjunction with chemotherapy. Lynparza with bevacizumab decreased risk of death by 67% in collaboration revenue, anticipated to be booked by the company during the second quarter of 2020. Patients will be selected for treatment on the basis of a companion diagnostic test approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).įollowing this approval AstraZeneca will receive $100m MSD Inc. and Canada) declared on May 11, that Lynparza (olaparib) in synergy with bevacizumab has been authorised in the United States for the maintenance treatment of adult patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer following absolute or partial response to 1st-line platinum-based chemotherapy and whose cancer is linked with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) positive status defined by either a detrimental or potentially deleterious BRCA mutation and/or genomic instability. Lynparza (olaparib) in synergy with bevacizumab authorised in the U.S.ĪstraZeneca and MSD Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., US (MSD: known as Merck & Co., Inc. AstraZeneca and Merck & Co have received the FDA’s approval for Lynparza (olaparib) as 1st-line maintenance treatment with bevacizumab for HRD-positive advanced ovarian cancer.
