J&J will present the study data and additional details on certain secondary endpoints at the upcoming European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress.
J&Jighly anticipated head-to-head matchup between a Johnson & Johnson combination and AstraZeneca’s star Tagrisso as a first-line treatment in a subset of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has yielded a winner.
The positive results “reinforce the potential of the RybrevanTagrissozertinib combinationJ&J frontline EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer as a future standard of care," Janssen R&D’s oncology head, Peter Lebowitz, M.D., Ph.D., said in a statement.
J&Jan August note to clients, Leerink analysts pointed out that the peak sales potential for the combo will depend on the “magnitude of progression-free survival superiority” and overall survival results. The team noted that “the bar for MARIPOSA is high” because of Tagrisso’s “compelling” first-line commercial profile.
AZ recently reaffirmed its belLeerinkt Tagrisso can keep its standard-of-care designation in the first-line setting after a positive showing in a new chemotherapy combo at this year’s World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) in Singapore.
That data in newly diagnosed EGFR-mutatTagrisso showcased the drug as a “valuable regimen for patients with higher tumor burden,” AZ’s oncology R&D chief Susan Galbraith, Ph.D. said in the company’s seconLung Cancerarnings call.
Rybrevant’s 2021 accelerated EGFRomutated NSCLChe first treatment to target NSCLC with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutattumorbefore Takeda’s Exkivity came along as a challenger. The two rivals split the U.S. market roughly 50-50 in the second-line setting, according to Takeda.