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     737  0 Kommentare Halaven® (eribulin) Launches in South Africa for the Treatment of Women with Advanced Breast Cancer

    JOHANNESBURG and HATFIELD, England, February 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

    FOR EMEA MEDIA ONLY: NOT FOR SWISS/AUSTRIAN MEDIA  

    Eisai and Clinigen enter partnership to provide eribulin in South Africa for women with advanced breast cancer  

    Halaven® (eribulin) is now available in South Africa for the treatment of women with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who have received at least two chemotherapeutic regimens for their advanced disease. Prior therapy should have included an anthracycline and a taxane, unless patients were not suitable for these treatments.[1]

    Approximately 7,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in South Africa each year and 30% will develop recurrent advanced or metastatic disease.[2] Metastatic breast cancer is deemed incurable and only one third of women with metastatic breast cancer will be alive five years after diagnosis.[2]

    "We are excited and pleased to launch eribulin in South Africa for patients with advanced breast cancer. Eisai discovered and developed eribulin, and have partnered with Equity Pharma from Clinigen Group's Link Healthcare division to introduce eribulin in South Africa. We hope that this launch will make a meaningful difference to the lives of patients and their families," said Gary Hendler, Chairman and CEO EMEA & Chief Commercial Officer Oncology Business Group.

    Shaun Chilton, Group Chief Executive Officer, Clinigen Group also commented: "This is the first distribution agreement of its kind for Clinigen following our acquisition of Link Healthcare in 2015, and provides access to eribulin in South Africa. This launch builds on our strong relationship with Eisai allowing us to further demonstrate our local distribution knowledge and expertise."

    In the EMBRACE (Eisai Metastatic Breast Cancer Study Assessing Treatment of Physician's Choice Versus Eribulin) trial,[3] eribulin prolonged median overall survival in people (n=762) with metastatic breast cancer compared to an alternative treatment of physician's choice by 2.5 months (13.1 vs 10.6 HR 0.81 (95% CI 0.66, 0.99) p=0.041).[3] The most commonly reported adverse reactions in the eribulin study arm were fatigue (asthenia), a decrease in infection-fighting white blood cells (neutropenia), hair loss (alopecia), numbness and tingling in arms and legs (peripheral neuropathy), nausea and constipation.[3]

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    Halaven® (eribulin) Launches in South Africa for the Treatment of Women with Advanced Breast Cancer JOHANNESBURG and HATFIELD, England, February 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - FOR EMEA MEDIA ONLY: NOT FOR SWISS/AUSTRIAN MEDIA   Eisai and Clinigen enter partnership to provide eribulin in South Africa for women with advanced breast cancer   …