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July 27, 2017

Breaking News

AstraZeneca's I-O combo fails crucial Mystic trial in lung cancer

One of AstraZeneca’s big hopes, a combination of its new immuno-oncology drug and another experimental cancer drug, has missed a key primary endpoint in first-line lung cancer patients.

AstraZeneca's Mystic shortfall is an I-O shake-up for Bristol-Myers and a bolster for Merck and Roche

Will Mystic make it? That’s been the pressing question for AstraZeneca for months as the lung cancer trial proceeded. Answer: It didn’t, at least not yet. And it’s not just AZ's rep riding on that news, because Mystic was seen as a scrying glass of sorts. It would foretell which cancer cocktails would dominate  over the next few years.

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