Novartis Finds Targeted Prostate Cancer Therapy Helps Patients

Novartis AG said a prostate treatment that delivers radiation to specifically targeted cancer cells helped patients in a study that the Swiss drugmaker will use for US regulatory approval.

The precision medicine, called Pluvicto, showed an effect on a form of survival without the disease worsening in patients who had already been treated with androgen-receptor pathway inhibitor therapy and whose prostate cancer had spread.

The study is the second to show positive effects of the drug in an advanced clinical trial, Novartis said Monday. The stock rose as much as 1.8% in Zurich trading.

“We look forward to discussing the ...