AstraZeneca stomach cancer drug doubles survival in late-stage trial (AZN:NYSE)

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AstraZeneca (AZN) said its experimental stomach cancer treatment doubled survival time in a late-stage clinical trial, strengthening prospects for a medicine the British drugmaker estimates could generate as much as $5 billion in annual sales.
The drug, sonesitatug vedotin, also known as
