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Tagrisso + chemo demonstrate OS benefit in EGFR-mutated NSCLC, phase III trial shows

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Tagrisso (osimertinib) with the addition of pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in the key secondary endpoint of OS compared to Tagrisso monotherapy in the 1st-line treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. 

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