FDA OKs 1st targeted drug for common lung cancer mutation
LINDA A. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer
May 28, 2021
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This image provided by Amgen in May 2021 shows packaging for their medication Lumakras. On Friday, May 28, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lumakras, the first medicine for adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have a common genetic mutation long considered untreatable with drugs. Each year, about 13,000 U.S. patients are diagnosed with this cancer and mutation. (Amgen via AP)AP
FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. (AP) U.S. regulators have approved the first medicine for patients with the most common type of lung cancer whose tumors have a genetic mutation long considered untreatable with drugs.