AstraZeneca Plans to Withdraw an Olaparib Indication for Ovarian Cancer

On August 11, 2022, AstraZeneca released a letter stating that that there is a "potential detrimental effect on the overall survival" for olaparib. Therefore, the company has announced it is planning to voluntarily withdraw the olaparib indication for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm) advanced ovarian cancer who have been treated with three or more prior lines of chemotherapy.

For more information, read the letter sent by AstraZeneca.

Posted 8/11/2022