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Mirati’s Adagrasib Takes The Lead Among KRAS G12C Inhibitors In CRC

Monotherapy, Combo Data Outshine Amgen’s Lumakras

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Adagrasib may carve out a niche as the superior drug in colorectal cancer, but lung cancer – where Lumakras already is approved – is a larger market where Amgen has a big lead.

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Mirati's adagrasib may pull out from behind Amgen's Lumakras lead in lung cancer with an accelerated approval in colorectal cancer • Source: Alamy

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. presented new data for its KRAS G12C inhibitor adagrasib alone and in combination with Erbitux (cetuximab) in colorectal cancer (CRC) that appear to show best-in-class efficacy, as a late-breaking abstract at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) annual meeting.

The drug previously generated better monotherapy efficacy in CRC than Amgen, Inc

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