AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo granted breakthrough therapy designation for Enhertu

Enhertu has been granted breakthrough therapy designation in the U.S. for adult patients with HER2 positive early breast cancer with residual invasive disease in the breast and/or axillary lymph nodes after neoadjuvant treatment and high risk of disease recurrence. Enhertu is a specifically engineered HER2 directed DXd antibody drug conjugate discovered by Daiichi Sankyo and being jointly developed and commercialized by Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca (AZN).