(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.

Swiss pharmaceutical and diagnostics giant Roche announced the success of a pivotal clinical trial for its drug divarasib in the treatment of a form of lung cancer.