Lynparza approved in the US for HRR gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
20 May 2020 07:00 BST Lynparza approved in the US for HRR gene-mutatedmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer Only PARP inhibitor to improve overall survival vs. enzalutamide or abiraterone in a biomarker-based subset of prostate cancer patients with BRCA1/2 or ATM mutations Approximately 20-30% of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer have an HRR gene mutation AstraZeneca and MSD Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., US (MSD: known as Merck & Co., Inc. inside the US and Canada) today announced that Lynparza (olaparib) has been approved in the US for