Generic EGFR TKI for Lung Cancer

Gefitinib is a inhibitor that focuses on the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, also known as EGFR. The drug is made to help with non-small cell lung cancer, especially when the cancer cells have specific changes in the EGFR gene, like deletions in exon 19 or a L858R mutation in exon 21. It works by stopping a process in the EGFR called signaling, which plays a role in how cells divide, move, and stay healthy.

Gefitinib comes in pills that are 250 mg and have a coating. You’re supposed to take 250 mg of this stuff once a day, and it doesn’t matter if you eat before or after. Each bottle has 30 pills.

Being a generic, it’s cheaper than the name brands of EGFR kinase inhibitors.