AstraZeneca has discontinued a pivotal Phase III trial of its dual checkpoint inhibitor volrustomig in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), after an independent committee concluded that the study was unlikely to meet its primary endpoints. The setback comes as the company faces growing pressure to deliver new oncology products.
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Nanobiotix has temporarily paused trading of its shares in Europe while it prices the €75 million stock offering it launched in the wake of new data on its Johnson & Johnson-partnered lung cancer prospect.
The U.S. FDA has approved atezolizumab and atezolizumab with hyaluronidase in combination with lurbinectedin as the first and only first-line maintenance therapy for adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) whose disease has not progressed after induction therapy with atezolizumab, carboplatin and etoposide.
The potential blockbuster HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor sevabertinib, developed jointly by Bayer AG and the Broad Institute, is expected to be submitted for regulatory approval in China in Q3 2025 for the treatment of HER2-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
A Phase III trial evaluating AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s potential “blockbuster” lung cancer drug Dato-DXd showed no significant improvement over standard chemotherapy. Investors reacted quickly: AstraZeneca’s share price dropped 5% following the announcement.


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