ArriVent Targets PACC Mutation Market With EGFR TKI Firmonertinib In Lung Cancer

Drug Shows CNS Activity In Early Trial

Newly public company ArriVent BioPharma presented Phase Ib results at WCLC for its kinase inhibitor, which could be the first drug available specifically for hard-to-treat PACC mutations.

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EGFR PACC mutations are more common in NSCLC than exon 20 insertion mutations • Source: Shutterstock

ArriVent Biopharma, Inc. executed one of the first initial public offerings by a biopharmaceutical company in the US this year, primarily to fund its lead drug candidate firmonertinib, an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) in Phase III as a first-line monotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations. Now, the company has reported Phase Ib results in NSCLC patients with hard-to-treat PACC mutations, a larger patient population.

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