AstraZeneca, Daiichi's Breast Cancer Drug Gets EU Backing
AstraZeneca Plc and Daiichi Sankyo Co. 's Datroway breast cancer treatment, which the companies expect will eventually become a blockbuster, was recommended for approval in the European Union.
The green light from the European Medicines Agency is the first backing in the EU for the medicine, following its approval in the US and Japan.
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