AstraZeneca drug combo gets US nod to treat a type of prostate cancer

FILE PHOTO: A company logo is seen at the AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield

(Reuters) – AstraZeneca said on Thursday that a combination of its cancer drug Lynparza and abiraterone has been approved in the United States for the treatment of BRCA-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

The company said the combination treatment reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 76% compared with usage of abiraterone alone.

(Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D’Souza)

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