Description
What Tagrisso is?
This medication is used to treat lung cancer. Osimertinib belongs to a class of drugs known as kinase inhibitors. It works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells. It binds to a certain protein (epidermal growth factor receptor-EGFR) in some tumors.
TAGRISSO is a kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of patients with
- metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) T790M mutationpositive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as detected by an FDAapproved test, who have progressed on or after EGFR TKI therapy.
- This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on tumor response rate and duration of response. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory trials.
What Osimertinib is?
Osimertinib (previously known as mereletinib; trade name Tagrisso) is a medication used to treat non-small-cell lung carcinomas with specific mutations.
It is a third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Developed by AstraZeneca, the medication was approved as a cancer treatment in 2017 by both the Food and Drug Administration and the European Commission.
