GSK's ovarian cancer treatment meets main goal in late-stage study

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GSK's ovarian cancer treatment meets main goal in late-stage study
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GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday a late-stage study testing Zejula as a maintenance therapy in patients with first-line ovarian cancer showed ...

REUTERS: GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday a late-stage study testing Zejula as a maintenance therapy in patients with first-line ovarian cancer showed positive headline results.

GSK agreed to buy U.S. cancer specialist Tesaro for US$5.1 billion in December, giving it a marketed product for ovarian cancer, Zejula, which belongs to a promising class of medicines.The drugmaker said the study met its primary endpoint of a statistically significant improvement in progression free survival for women regardless of their biomarker status.

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