US oncologists prescribing of Boehringer's Gilotrif for NSCLC

25 April 2014

Just six months post-launch in the USA, 49% of surveyed US medical oncologists have prescribed German family-owned drug major Boehringer Ingelheim's irreversible epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) Gilotrif (afatinib) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients outside of clinical trials.

Among current non-prescribers of Gilotrif, just over half expects to prescribe Gilotrif to their EGFR-mutation-positive NSCLC patients within the next three months, according to a new study from market research group Decision Resources.

Other key findings from the LaunchTrends Gilotrif report are:

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