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Roche gets FDA approval for Alecensa in early lung cancer
Drug Approval | April 22, 2024

Roche gets FDA approval for Alecensa in early lung cancer

This approval helps address an urgent unmet need, with about half of people living with early-stage NSCLC experiencing disease recurrence following surgery, despite adjuvant chemotherapy


EC approves Merck’s Keytruda plus chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment for non-small cell lung cancer
Drug Approval | March 28, 2024

EC approves Merck’s Keytruda plus chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment for non-small cell lung cancer

Decision marks the first approval in Europe for an anti-PD-1/L1 therapy in resectable NSCLC based on positive overall survival results


AstraZeneca’s FLAURA2 Phase III trial showed favourable trend in EGFR-mutated advanced lung cancer
Diagnostic Center | March 23, 2024

AstraZeneca’s FLAURA2 Phase III trial showed favourable trend in EGFR-mutated advanced lung cancer

Combination shows consistent benefit across prespecified post-progression outcomes


USFDA grants priority review for Patritumab Deruxtecan in US for certain patients with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer
Drug Approval | December 23, 2023

USFDA grants priority review for Patritumab Deruxtecan in US for certain patients with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer

If approved, patritumab deruxtecan would be a first-in-class HER3 directed DXd antibody drug conjugate for these patients


Merck and Moderna initiate Phase 3 study evaluating V940 (mRNA-4157) in combination with Keytruda for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer
News | December 12, 2023

Merck and Moderna initiate Phase 3 study evaluating V940 (mRNA-4157) in combination with Keytruda for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

The initiation of the second clinical trial in the INTerpath program represents rapid expansion in research for additional tumor types for individualized neoantigen therapy, V940 (mRNA-4157)


Lilly's Retevmo phase 3 results in RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer
News | October 26, 2023

Lilly's Retevmo phase 3 results in RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer

In the Phase 3 LIBRETTO-431 study, Retevmo more than doubled progression-free survival (PFS) compared to chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab in patients with advanced or metastatic rearranged during transfection (RET) fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)


Enhertu approved in the EU as the first HER2-directed therapy for patients with HER2-mutant advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Drug Approval | October 26, 2023

Enhertu approved in the EU as the first HER2-directed therapy for patients with HER2-mutant advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Approval based on DESTINY-Lung02 results where AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu demonstrated a confirmed objective response rate of 49% and median duration of response of 16.8 months in previously treated patients


AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso to lead lung cancer small molecule market with over $7 billion sales by 2029, says GlobalData
News | October 11, 2023

AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso to lead lung cancer small molecule market with over $7 billion sales by 2029, says GlobalData

Tagrisso is projected to be a pivotal contributor to AstraZeneca’s portfolio


Merck and Eisai update on Two Phase 3 Trials Evaluating Keytruda plus Lenima for cell lung cancer
Diagnostic Center | September 23, 2023

Merck and Eisai update on Two Phase 3 Trials Evaluating Keytruda plus Lenima for cell lung cancer

The companies will work with investigators to share the results with the scientific community


Merck receives positive EU CHMP opinion for Keytruda as adjuvant treatment for  cell lung cancer
Drug Approval | September 18, 2023

Merck receives positive EU CHMP opinion for Keytruda as adjuvant treatment for cell lung cancer

Opinion granted based on positive disease-free survival results from the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-091 trial