Breast Cancer

Arimidex gains U.S. FDA approval for breast cancer in postmenopausal women

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 20th, 2005

AstraZeneca announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval status to Arimidex (anastrozole) for the adjuvant treatment of hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer (EBC) in postmenopausal women.

Arimidex is the only aromatase inhibitor with study results representing a full 5 years of efficacy and safety data in this primary adjuvant setting, and is now the only aromatase inhibitor that has proven superior disease-free survival over tamoxifen in the primary adjuvant setting.

This long-term data for Arimidex provides clinicians and patients an opportunity to make the most informed decision about their primary...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-20)

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