HUTCHMED's SAFFRON Trial Shows Positive Lung Cancer Treatment Results

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Published: 2026-10-26
Category: health
Source: HUTCHMED (China) Limited
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HUTCHMED's global Phase III SAFFRON trial demonstrated that combining ORPATHYS® and TAGRISSO® significantly reduced disease progression or death by 45% and mortality by 32% in specific lung cancer patients. These findings, published in The New England Journal of Medicine and presented at ESMO Congress 2026, extended median overall survival by nearly five months, offering a new treatment option for MET-driven EGFR-mutated lung cancer.

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