Boehringer Ingelheim launches ELUXA trial of lung cancer compound olmutinib

3 June 2016

German family-owned pharma major Boehringer Ingelheim has launched a trial to further investigate olmutinib (BI 1482694) as a treatment for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The ELUXA trial, announced to coincide with the 2016 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), will investigate the therapeutic potential of this novel third-generation, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI).

It will explore olmutinib as a monotherapy in different settings as well as in combination with investigational and established anti-cancer treatments, such as US pharma giant Merck's (NYSE: MRK) anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda (pembrolizumab).

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