Tagrisso approved in Japan for the adjuvant treatment of patients with early-stage EGFR-mutated lung cancer
Tagrisso is the only EGFR-targeted medicine approved in Japan for the treatment of early-stage lung cancer after surgery.Approval based on results from the ADAURA Phase III trial.AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso (osimertinib) has been approved in Japan for the adjuvant treatment of patients with epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated (EGFRm) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after surgery. This approval by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare was based on positive results from the global ADAURA Phase III trial. While up to 30% of all patients with NSCLC may be diagnosed early