FDA Approves First KRAS Inhibitor: Sotorasib.

The FDA has approved the first KRAS-targeted therapy, sotorasib, for patients with previously treated non-small cell lung cancer with KRASG12C mutations. In a phase II trial, the drug yielded a median progression-free survival of 6.8 months in patients whose disease had advanced despite treatment with standard therapies, namely platinum-based chemotherapy and PD-1-PD-L1 inhibitors. ©2021 American Association for Cancer Research.