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AstraZeneca's Lynparza (olaparib) Receives Fourth FDA's Orphan Drug Designation to Treat Pancreatic Cancer

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AstraZeneca's Lynparza (olaparib) Receives Fourth FDA's Orphan Drug Designation to Treat Pancreatic Cancer

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  • The Fourth ODD is based on the ongoing P-III POLO study assessing Lynparza (300mg bid) as monotherapy vs PBO in ratio (3:2) & 1EP as PFS in 145 patients with BRCA-mutated mPC
  • Results of POLO P-III study is expected in H1'19
  • In Oct 2013- Lynparza received ODD for the treatment of ovarian cancer and in Aug 2017- ODD was to treat recurrent epithelial ovarian- fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer with expanded label including fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancers in H1’18

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