AstraZeneca, Merck notch another major Lynparza trial win — this time in pancreatic cancer

Months after securing a lightning fast approval for the use of the drug in frontline ovarian cancer — widening their lead over the cluster of other PARPs including Tesaro’s (now GSK’s) Zejula and Clovis’ Rubraca — Lynparza has shown promise in helping patients with BRCA-mutated metastatic pancreatic cancer live longer without their cancer progressing in a late-stage study.