The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Amgen's combination therapy on Thursday to treat colorectal cancer in patients with a specific gene mutation. Amgen's Lumakras in combination with Vectibix was approved to treat adult patients whose cancer has spread to other parts of the body despite receiving chemotherapy,

The FDA approved two oncology regimens on Jan. 16.One is for a subset of patients with colorectal cancer and the other for treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Amgen’s (NASDAQ:AMGN) KRASG12C inhibitor Lumakras as part of a combination regimen for adults with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) whose tumors harbor an abnormal gene known as KRAS G12C.