J&J’s Rybrevant Results Provide Encouragement After Interim Analysis Sparked Jitters

The company announced topline results for MARIPOSA in EGFR-mutant NSCLC, showing positive progression-free survival and a favorable trend on overall survival.

J&J announced positive topline results from the Phase III MARIPOSA study of Rybrevant • Source: Shutterstock

Johnson & Johnson may be able to calm investors’ nerves next month when it presents detailed results from the Phase III MARIPOSA study of its bispecific antibody Rybrevant (amivantamab-vmjw) in EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), now that it has encouraging survival data.

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