An experimental breast cancer treatment co-developed by Pfizer and Arvinas significantly improved the time some patients lived without the disease worsening, but failed to achieve statistically significant results in others in a late-stage study.

The drug in question, called vepdegestrant, is an oral PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC) ER degrader. The phase 3 study assessed vepdegestrant against AstraZeneca’s hormone med Faslodex in 624 patients with ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer who had already tried CDK 4/6 inhibitors and endocrine therapy.

Arvinas and Pfizer's drug vepdegestrant reduced the risk of tumor progression 40% compared to standard treatment for an ESR1-mutated population.