Lumakras, the first targeted anticancer therapy to target the KRAS mutation, can now be prescribed at general hospitals in Korea.

According to industry sources, Lumakras (sotorasib), Amgen Korea’s treatment for locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with KRAS G12C mutations, passed the drug committees of the Big 5 tertiary hospitals in Korea including the Samsung Medical Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul Asan Medical Center, and Sinchon Severance Hospital, as well as other medical institutions nationwide, such as the Gangnam Severance Hospital, Korea University Anam Hospital, National Cancer Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Chungnam National Univer