As Mirati Therapeutics waits for the Food and Drug Administration to complete a review of its KRAS-targeting lung cancer drug later this year, final results from a clinical trial reported Thursday could both help and hinder the biotech’s efforts to stand apart from a rival Amgen treatment approved one year ago.
In its own clinical trial, the Mirati drug, called adagrasib, shrank tumors in 43% of patients with advanced lung cancer — a result that tops the 37% response rate from a study reported by Amgen for its drug, called Lumakras.
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