By Rory Gallivan

LONDON--AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.LN) Friday announced positive results from a Phase III trial of its breast cancer treatment Lynparza.

Metastatic breast cancer patients treated with the drug "showed a statistically-significant and clinically-meaningful improvement" compared with patients who received chemotherapy, AstraZeneca said.

-Write to Rory Gallivan at rory.gallivan@wsj.com; Twitter: @RoryGallivan

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 17, 2017 02:30 ET (07:30 GMT)

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