Lilly Lung Cancer Treatment Increases Survival in Study
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An experimental lung cancer drug from Eli Lilly & Co. increased survival among patients with advanced disease compared with those on chemotherapy alone, a study showed. The shares gained 2.6 percent.
The drug, called necitumumab, met the primary endpoint of increasing survival in a trial involving 1,093 patients with non-small cell lung cancer whose disease had spread, the Indianapolis-based drugmaker said today in a statement. Necitumumab was tested in patients with a type of tumor known as squamous cell carcinoma.