Merck-AstraZeneca breast cancer drug reduces risk of death by 28% in patients diagnosed early, clinical trial shows
About 87.5% of patients treated with the drug were alive after six years, compared to 83.2% who received a placebo.
Lynparza (olaparib), a product of Fortune 500 pharmaceutical firm Merck and Fortune 500 Europe company AstraZeneca, showed meaningful improvements in overall survival in people with germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm), HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer, 2024 clinical trial data suggest.
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