Daiichi files for new Datroway indication in Japan

12 February 2026

Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo (TYO: 4568) has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for Datroway (datopotamab deruxtecan) for the treatment of adult patients with hormone receptor negative and HER2 negative unresectable or recurrent breast cancer, a subtype commonly referred to as triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).

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