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New data lifts three PBAC hopefuls
Posted 21 October 2025 AM
Pfizer has new ammunition for the PBAC after the release of a trio of Phase 3 trials over the weekend, although all the drugs are sponsored by partners in Australia.
Pfizer and Astellas announced the final overall survival results from the Phase 3 EMBARK study, which evaluated Xtandi as a monotherapy and in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) leuprorelin (called leuprolide in the study) to treat metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, which saw eight-year overall survival rise to 78.9 per cent for patients taking the combination compared to 69.5 per cent for leuprorelin alone.
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Posted 21 October 2025 AM
Pfizer has new ammunition for the PBAC after the release of a trio of Phase 3 trials over the weekend, although all the drugs are sponsored by partners in Australia.
Pfizer and Astellas announced the final overall survival results from the Phase 3 EMBARK study, which evaluated Xtandi as a monotherapy and in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) leuprorelin (called leuprolide in the study) to treat metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, which saw eight-year overall survival rise to 78.9 per cent for patients taking the combination compared to 69.5 per cent for leuprorelin alone.
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