Janssen Pharmaceutical Bispecific Antibody Granted Breakthrough Designation for Lung Cancer Treatment

NEW YORK – Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, said on Tuesday that its investigational drug JNJ-61186372 (JNJ-6372) has been granted breakthrough therapy designation by the US Food and Drug Administration. The drug is being evaluated in non-small cell lung cancer patients with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations whose disease has progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. There are no approved drugs yet for EGFR exon 20-mutated NSCLC.