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Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On October 12, 2020, Seagen Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc. issued a press release announcing topline results from the second cohort of patients in the pivotal phase 2 single-arm clinical trial known as EV-201. The cohort is evaluating the antibody-drug conjugate PADCEV® (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who have been previously treated with a PD-1/L1 inhibitor and have not received a platinum-containing chemotherapy and are ineligible for cisplatin. A description of these topline results is contained in the press release dated October 12, 2020, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
99.1 | Press Release of Seagen Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc. dated October 12, 2020 | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
SEAGEN INC. | ||||||
Date: October 13, 2020 | By: | /s/ Jean I. Liu | ||||
Jean I. Liu | ||||||
General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs |