Lynparza granted orphan drug designation in Japan for BRCA-mutated metastatic pancreatic cancer
19 March 2020 07:00 GMT Lynparza granted orphan drug designation in Japanfor BRCA-mutated metastatic pancreatic cancer Designation based on the Phase III POLO trial that showed Lynparza nearly doubled the time patients lived without disease progression vs. placebo AstraZeneca today announced that Lynparza (olaparib) has been granted orphan drug designation (ODD) in Japan for the maintenance treatment of germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm) curatively unresectable pancreatic cancer. Lynparza is co-developed and co-commercialised with MSD Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., US (MSD: