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Amgen (AMGN) Announces Breakthrough Therapy Designation Granted For Sotorasib In China

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Amgen Announces Breakthrough Therapy Designation Granted For Sotorasib In China

January 29, 2021 4:00 PM EST

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced that its investigational KRASG12C inhibitor sotorasib was granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). The designation is for the treatment of patients with KRAS G12C-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have received at least one prior systemic therapy. This is the first BTD submission for Amgen in China, as well as the first under Amgen's strategic collaboration with... More