ASCO: After Takeda’s defeat, Dizal picks up baton to take on J&J in EGFR lung cancer subtype

About three years after a phase 3 flop led Takeda to withdraw its Exkivity from the EGFR exon 20 lung cancer market, Dizal Pharma has data showing its small molecule drug may have what it takes to challenge Johnson & Johnson’s antibody in the first-line setting.