Targeted therapies and immunotherapies continue to show better results than chemotherapy in investigator-initiated and company-sponsored cancer trials, and newer options demonstrate improvements over older ones, supporting potential shifts in how patients are treated.

Mirati Therapeutics Inc.’s cancer treatment Krazati (adagrasib) is having a tough time outside the U.S. The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) came out with a negative opinion on an MAA for treating KRAS G12C-mutated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The ruling came with a flurry of positive CHMP opinions for companies, including Abbvie Inc., Beigene Ltd. and the Janssen Pharmaceutical Cos., plus a mixed result for Ipsen SA after a stumble earlier this week.

Five months after the first anti-CD20xCD3 T-cell engaging bispecific antibody, Roche Holding AG’s Lunsumio (mosunetuzumab), cleared U.S. FDA approval for follicular lymphoma, partners Genmab A/S and Abbvie Inc. won the agency’s approval for epcoritamab as the first subcutaneous CD20xCD3 bispecific antibody for treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.