(Bloomberg) -- Roche Holding AG’s experimental lung cancer pill outperformed two approved medicines in a late-stage study, boosting the Swiss drugmaker’s bid to bring a next-generation treatment to market.

The Phase 3 trial compared Roche’s divarasib with treatments sold by Amgen and Bristol Myers in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Genentech’s Divarasib Shows Superiority in Head-to-Head Phase III Trial Against Approved KRAS G12C Inhibitors in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer