New FDA Approvals: FDA Gives Accelerated Approval to Mirati’s Krazati

Dec. 12: The FDA gave accelerated approval to Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.’s Krazati (adagrasib) for the treatment of adults with KRASG12C-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as determined by an FDA-approved test (see below brief), who have received at least one systemic therapy. Dosing for the tablet is 600 mg twice daily. The drug is priced at $19,750 per month.

Dec. 12: The FDA approved two companion diagnostics for Krazati (see above brief): Agilent Technologies Inc.’s Agilent Resolution ctDx FIRST assay and Qiagen N.V.’s Qiagen therascreen KRAS RGQ PCR kit. A liquid biopsy next-generation sequencing assay, the Agilent test detects genomic alterations in circulating tumor DNA from plasma. The Qiagen test, first approved July 6, 2012, is a tissue-based assay.

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Angela Maas

Angela Maas

Angela has an extensive background of editing, reporting and writing for trade and consumer publications. She has written Radar on Specialty Pharmacy (formerly called Specialty Pharmacy News) since she joined AIS Health in 2005 and has broad knowledge of the various issues at play within the space. Before joining AIS Health, she was managing editor at Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit News Canada and managing editor at HemAware (a hemophilia publication), Lupus Living and Momentum (a multiple sclerosis publication). She has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in British literature from Arizona State University.

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