AstraZeneca, Merck's Lynparza approved in Japan for various cancers
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AstraZeneca and Merck's Lynparza has been approved in Japan for the treatment of advanced ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancers, the UK-based pharmaceutical company said.
The concurrent approvals by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare are based on positive results from the PAOLA-1, PROfound and POLO Phase III trials, which each were published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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