AstraZeneca cans cancer pipeline efforts

In its fourth-quarter earnings out early Friday morning, U.K.-based Big Pharma AstraZeneca has cut two early-stage experimental meds.

The two axed drugs (PDF) are both aimed at cancer targets: The first is MEDI7247, an anti-ASCT2 antibody-drug conjugate, and an oleclumab plus AZD4635 CD73 and A2A inhibitor combo.