The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency adopted a positive opinion and recommended granting marketing authorization for Tabrecta (capmatinib) as a monotherapy for the treatment of adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer harboring alterations leading to mesenchymal-epithelial-transition factor gene exon 14 (METex14) skipping who require systemic therapy following prior treatment with immunotherapy and/or platinum-based chemotherapy.
Johnson & Johnson announced positive topline results for overall survival from the phase III MARIPOSA study, evaluating Rybrevant (amivantamab-vmjw) plus Lazcluze (lazertinib) as a first-line therapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor exon 19 deletions (ex19del) or L858R substitution mutations.
