Xtandi/Zytiga Combo Study Fails In Patients Previously Treated With Xtandi
Executive Summary
A Phase IV study exploring Pfizer/Astellas’ Xtandi in combination with J&J’s Zytiga failed to increase progression-free survival in metastatic prostate cancer patients who progressed on Xtandi alone. Positive data would have been good news for Pfizer, which recently spent $14bn to gain Xtandi.
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