Janssen’s new lung cancer drug Rybrevant can now be prescribed at general hospitals in Korea.

According to industry sources, the anticancer drug Rybrevant (amivantamab), which is used to treat EGFR exon 20 insertion non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that is insensitive to currently available EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), has passed the review of drug committees tertiary hospitals in Korea including the Seoul Asan Medical Center, and Sinchon Severance Hospital, as well as other institutions nationwide, such as Konyang University Hospital, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, and Chonnam National U