What is "afatinib"

n. A drug against non-small cell lung carcinoma.

Afatinib ( INN; trade name Gilotrif in the US and Giotrif in Europe, previously Tomtovok and Tovok) is a drug approved in United States, Europe, Taiwan, Mexico, Chile and Japan as well as other countries for the first-line treatment of patients with distinct types of metastatic (EGFR mutation positive) non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), developed by Boehringer Ingelheim. It acts as an irreversible covalent inhibitor of the receptor tyrosine kinases epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR) and erbB-2 ( HER2).