Janssen’s Amivantamab Combo Shows Promise In First-Line NSCLC

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Janssen presents highly encouraging interim results at ESMO from the CHRYSALIS study with a combination of amivantamab and lazertinib. Based on the data, the global Phase III MARIPOSA study, which will assess the combo versus blockbuster Tagrisso, will begin next month including in South Korea, home to lazertinib's originator. 

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Janssen Pharmaceutical Cos. has unveiled very promising interim results from the CHRYSALIS study evaluating amivantamab, a bispecific antibody targeting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and mesenchymal epithelial transition factor (MET) mutations, in combination with the third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) lazertinib, in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR exon 19 deletions or L858R mutations.

The Phase Ib study results from CHRYSALIS, presented in oral form at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Virtual...

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