Shares in Agios Pharma ticked upwards after the FDA awarded breakthrough status to a companion diagnostic to vorasidenib, its experimental drug for brain cancer.
Brain tumours kill more people aged under 40 than any other cancer, yet there have been no new treatments for more than a decade. What’s more, there are still none in the pipeline.
A pharma company’s core mission is to improve patient outcomes. This hinges on effectively influencing HCP clinical behaviour and driving disease education.