PBYI - Health Canada OK's Knight Therapeutics Nerlynx to treat HER2-positive breast cancer
Knight Therapeutics (KHTRF) announces that Health Canada has approved Nerlynx (neratinib) in combination with capecitabine for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic HER2-overexpressed/amplified breast cancer, who have received two or more prior anti-HER2-based regimens.The approval was based on results of the Phase III NALA trial.Knight has the exclusive right to commercialize Nerlynx in Canada under the terms of a license agreement entered into with Puma Biotechnology (PBYI).PBYI shares up 2.5% premarket at $9.04.
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Health Canada OK's Knight Therapeutics Nerlynx to treat HER2-positive breast cancer