Trastuzumab deruxtecan - AstraZeneca/Daiichi Sankyo
Alternative Names: DS 8201; DS 8201a; ENHERTU; Enhertu; fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan; fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki; T-DXdLatest Information Update: 18 Jun 2025
At a glance
- Originator Daiichi Sankyo Company
- Developer AstraZeneca; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Daiichi Sankyo Company; Medica Scientia Innovation Research; Seagen
- Class Antineoplastics; Camptothecins; Drug conjugates; Immunoconjugates; Monoclonal antibodies
- Mechanism of Action DNA topoisomerase I inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Breast cancer; Gastric cancer; HER2 positive breast cancer; Non-small cell lung cancer; Solid tumours
- Registered Adenocarcinoma
- Phase III Ovarian cancer
- Phase II Biliary cancer; Colorectal cancer; Uterine cancer
- Phase I/II Urogenital cancer
Most Recent Events
- 15 Jun 2025 Pharmacodynamics data from preclinical studies in Breast cancer presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR-2025)
- 15 Jun 2025 Daiichi Sankyo plans a phase III trial for Endometrial cancer (First line therapy) (IV), in August 2025 (NCT07022483)
- 02 Jun 2025 Efficacy and adverse events data from phase III DESTINY-Breast09 trial in Breast cancer released by AstraZeneca