Ipilimumab biosimilar (Innovent Biologics)

HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, China and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED”) (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13) today announces that new and updated data from several studies of compounds discovered by HUTCHMED will be presented at the upcoming American Association of Cancer Research (“AACR”) Annual Meeting 2024, taking place on April 5-10, 2024 in San Diego, California. Initial preclinical data will be presented for HMPL-506, a novel, highly potent and differentiated menin-MLL inhibitor for the treatment of certain types of acute leukemia. Compared with five other menin inhibitors in clinical development, HMPL-506 showed the stronger inhibitory potency in MLL-rearranged and NPM1 mutant leukemia cell line models. Furthermore, HMPL-506 in combination with azacytidine, venetoclax or gilteritinib synergistically improved the anti-tumor effect against MLL-rearranged leukemias both in vitro and in vivo. The investigational drug candidate displayed favorable pharmacokinetic pro high selectivity and low risk of cardiac toxicity. A Phase I study of HMPL-506 is planned for the second half of 2024. Initial preclinical data will also be presented for HMPL-A067 (HMA800067), a novel CD38-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) in which daratumumab was conjugated with cytotoxic payload Monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) via a novel linker. It demonstrated significant superior anti-tumor activity to daratumumab, including in several B-cell malignancies models with resistance to daratumumab treatment. Other presentations include preclinical data on the ERK 1/2 inhibitor, HMPL-295; early clinical data on the Syk inhibitor, sovleplenib, in lymphoma patients; additional clinical data from global studies of VEGFR inhibitor, fruquintinib, and MET inhibitor, savolitinib; and several investigator-initiated studies of fruquintinib and VEGFR/CSF-1R/FGFR inhibitor, surufatinib. Details of the presentations are as follows: Abstract title Presenter / Lead author Presentation details SPONSORED STUDIES HMPL-506, a novel, highly potent and differentiated menin-MLL inhibitor for the treatment of MLL-rearranged and NPM1mutant acute leukemia in preclinical models Min Cheng, HUTCHMED, Shanghai, China #2113 Poster Session (PO.ET07.02 - Pharmacodynamic Biomarkers of Drug Response) Monday, April 8, 2024 HMPL-A067 (HMA800067), a novel CD38-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), demonstrated superior anti-tumor activity to daratumumab in preclinical B-cell malignancies models Yan Xu, HUTCHMED, Shanghai, China #1890 Poster Session (PO.ET01.02 - Antibody-Drug Conjugates and Bispectific Antibodies) Monday, April 8, 2024 Preclinical characterization of HMPL-295, a potent and selective ERK1/2 inhibitor Jia Hu, HUTCHMED, Shanghai, China #1661 Poster Session (PO.MCB03.01 - Cell Signaling Components as Therapeutic Targets) Monday, April 8, 2024 Targeting YAP1/TEAD signaling re-sensitizes MAPK/ERK pathway inhibitors in KRAS-driven cancer cells Xianwen Yang, HUTCHMED, Shanghai, China #1931 Poster Session (PO.ET03.04 - Drug Resistance 2: Ras GTPase) Monday, April 8, 2024 Safety and Efficacy of Sovleplenib (HMPL-523), a Syk Inhibitor, in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Lymphoma Paolo Strati, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA #CT144 Poster Session (PO.CT01.03 - Phase 0 and Phase I Clinical Trials) Monday, April 8, 2024 Early carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) dynamics to predict the efficacy of fruquintinib (F) + best supportive care (BSC) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) enrolled in FRESCO-2 Stefano Lonardi, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS Padua, Italy #6408 Poster Session (PO.CL01.10 - Predictive Biomarkers 5) Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Savolitinib (savo) + osimertinib (osi) vs savo + placebo (PBO) in patients (pts) with EGFR-mutated (EGFRm), MET-amplified advanced NSCLC with progression on osi James Chih-Hsin Yang, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University Cancer Centre, Taipei, Taiwan #CT251 Poster Session (PO.CL01.10 - Predictive Biomarkers 5) Tuesday, April 9, 2024 INVESTIGATOR-INITIATED STUDIES Enhanced anticancer efficacy via ROS-dependent ferroptosis: synergy between surufatinib and cisplatin in small cell lung cancer Xiaolin Li, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China #2122 Poster Session (PO.ET07.02 - Pharmacodynamic Biomarkers of Drug Response) Monday, April 8, 2024 Efficacy and underlying mechanisms of surufatinib in non-small cell lung cancer treatment Yanfang Zheng, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China #2126 Poster Session (PO.ET07.02 - Pharmacodynamic Biomarkers of Drug Response) Monday, April 8, 2024 Enhancing Radiosensitivity in Biliary Tract Cancer: The Dual Role of Surufatinib in Tumor Suppression and Macrophage Reprogramming Hong Ma, Wuhan Union Hospital, Wuhan, China #2127 Poster Session (PO.ET07.02 - Pharmacodynamic Biomarkers of Drug Response) Monday, April 8, 2024 Surufatinib treatment in pancreatic cancer: unveiling the role of GPR34 in TAMs and enhancing immunotherapy efficacy Jihui Hao / Song Gao, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China #2128 Poster Session (PO.ET07.02 - Pharmacodynamic Biomarkers of Drug Response) Monday, April 8, 2024 Efficacy and Underlying Mechanisms of Surufatinib Combined with PD-1 Monoclonal Antibody and Chemotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer Guanghai Dai / Ru Jia, Chinese PLA General Hospital (CPLAGH), Beijing, China #2129 Poster Session (PO.ET07.02 - Pharmacodynamic Biomarkers of Drug Response) Monday, April 8, 2024 Optimizing the treatment schedule of radiotherapy combined with VEGFR-TKIs and PD-(L) 1 inhibitors in metastatic colorectal cancer Tao Zhang / Zhenyu Lin, Cancer Center, Union Hospital Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China #3827 Poster Session (PO.CL10.04 - Outcome Investigation with Real World Data) Monday, April 8, 2024 Clinical and epidemiological pro neuroendocrine differentiation- A hospital-based retrospective study Susheng Shi / Yaru Wen, Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China #4630 Poster Session (PO.ET06.04 - Molecular Classification of Tumors for Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Therapeutic Outcomes) Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Epidemiological characteristics and treatment strategies of gastric cancer with neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) Jun Zhang, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China #4864 Poster Session (PO.PS01.08 - Descriptive Epidemiology and Statistical and Epidemiological Methodology) Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Initial efficacy of surufatinib plus sintilimab and IBI310 for patients with high-grade advanced-neuroendocrine neoplasm: A multicenter, single arm phase 2 study Lin Shen / Ming Lu, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China #CT266 Poster Session (PO.CT02.02 - Phase II Clinical Trials 2) Tuesday, April 9, 2024 About HUTCHMED HUTCHMED (Nasdaq/AIM:​HCM; HKEX:​13) is an innovative, commercial-stage, biopharmaceutical company. It is committed to the discovery, global development and commercialization of targeted therapies and immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases. It has approximately 5,000 personnel across all its companies, at the center of which is a team of about 1,800 in oncology/immunology. Since inception, HUTCHMED has focused on bringing cancer drug candidates from in-house discovery to patients around the world, with its first three medicines marketed in China, the first of which is also marketed in the U.S. For more information, please visit: or follow us on LinkedIn. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect HUTCHMED’s current expectations regarding future events, including but not limited to its expectations regarding the therapeutic potential of fruquintinib, savolitinib, surufatinib, sovleplenib, HMPL-295, HMPL-506 and HMA800067, the further clinical development for fruquintinib, savolitinib, surufatinib, sovleplenib, HMPL-295, HMPL-506 and HMA800067, its expectations as to whether any studies on fruquintinib, savolitinib, surufatinib, sovleplenib, HMPL-295, HMPL-506 and HMA800067 would meet their primary or secondary endpoints, and its expectations as to the timing of the completion and the release of results from such studies. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things, assumptions regarding enrollment rates and the timing and availability of subjects meeting a study’s inclusion and exclusion criteria; changes to clinical protocols or regulatory requirements; unexpected adverse events or safety issues; the ability of fruquintinib, savolitinib, surufatinib, sovleplenib, HMPL-295, HMPL-506 and HMA800067, including as combination therapies, to meet the primary or secondary endpoint of a study, to obtain regulatory approval in different jurisdictions and to gain commercial acceptance after obtaining regulatory approval; the potential markets of fruquintinib, savolitinib, surufatinib, sovleplenib, HMPL-295, HMPL-506 and HMA800067 for a targeted indication, and the sufficiency of funding. In addition, as certain studies rely on the use of nab-paclitaxel, sintilimab, toripalimab, pemetrexed, platinum, etoposide or cisplatin as combination therapeutics, such risks and uncertainties include assumptions regarding their safety, efficacy, supply and continued regulatory approval. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. For further discussion of these and other risks, see HUTCHMED’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and on AIM. HUTCHMED undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise. 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ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, metabolic, autoimmune, ophthalmology and other major diseases, announces that the first participant has been successfully dosed with IBI310 (anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody) in combination with sintilimab (PD-1 inhibitor) in a randomized, controlled, multicenter Phase 3 clinical trial (Neoshot), for resectable MSI-H/dMMR[1] colon cancer (stage cT4 or cN+) neoadjuvant therapy. Neoshot is the first Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT05890742) in China to investigate MSI-H/dMMR colon cancer neoadjuvant immunotherapy. The study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of IBI310 combined with sintilimab for neoadjuvant therapy, compared with adjuvant chemotherapy after radical surgery for MSI-H/dMMR colon cancer. The primary endpoints are pathologic complete response (pCR) rate and event-free survival (EFS). Previously, in a randomized, controlled, multicenter Phase 1b study for neoadjuvant therapy in patients with resectable MSI-H/dMMR colon cancer, the pCR rate in the IBI310+sintilimab group was significantly higher as compared with the sintilimab monotherapy group. No subjects in the IBI310+sintilimab group were inoperable due to adverse reactions, and there was no additional safety risk. Data from this Phase 1b trial will be published at an upcoming medical conference or in an academic journal in future. The Principal Investigator of the Neoshot study, Prof. Ruihua Xu from Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, stated, "At present, R0 resection for T4 and/or N+ stage colon cancer patients remain a significant challenge, along with risks of extensive trauma and poor prognosis. The results of the FOxTROT study suggested that neoadjuvant chemotherapy is not effective in MSI-H/dMMR colon cancer, and the pCR rate is only about 5%[2]. Therefore, effective neoadjuvant treatment scheme is urgently needed to reduce preoperative staging, decrease tumor burden, narrow the scope of radical resection, and increase R0 resection rate, so as to improve long-term prognosis. IBI310 combined with sintilimab is expected to be the first neoadjuvant immunotherapy in China for resectable MSI-H/dMMR colon cancer, which has demonstrated encouraging efficacy and a good tolerance profile in a Phase 1b study. I look forward to working together with other investigators in Neoshot to obtain high-quality clinical data, in support of potentially providing a more effective treatment option for patients with MSI-H/dMMR colon cancer in China." Dr. Zhou Hui, Senior Vice President of Innovent, stated, "There is a huge unmet clinical need for neoadjuvant therapy of resectable MSI-H/dMMR colon cancer in China. The results of NICHE study showed that postoperative pCR rate after neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced colon cancer can be well translated into survival benefits[3]. In the Phase 1b study, IBI310 combined with sintilimab achieved excellent efficacy and safety results. We are pleased that the Phase 3 clinical study of Neoshot has completed the first patient dosing, and we are looking forward to the positive results generating from this study to provide a more ideal treatment option for MSI-H/dMMR colon cancer patients in China." About Colorectal Cancer Colorectal cancer is the second most common malignant tumor and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in China. It is estimated that in 2022, there are more than 510,000 new cases and approximately 240,000 fatal cases[4]. In addition, the incidence of colorectal cancer has continued to rise over the past 15 years[5]. MSI-H/dMMR is more common in localized colorectal cancer (10-15%) compared to metastatic colorectal cancer (5%)[6]. T4 and N2 are important prognostic indicators for MSI-H/dMMR colon cancer. Studies have shown that the 3-year disease-free survival rate of MSI-H/dMMR stage III colon cancer patients (T4 and/or N2) is about 60-65%[7],[8]. Therefore, the perioperative treatment for stage II-III MSI-H/dMMR colon cancer patients needs to be continually improved. About IBI310 IBI310 is a fully human monoclonal antibody injection independently developed by Innovent. IBI310 can specifically bind cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4), thereby blocking CTLA-4 mediated T cell inhibition, promoting T cell activation and proliferation, improving tumor immune response, and achieving anti-tumor effects. About Sintilimab Sintilimab, marketed as TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) in China, is a PD-1 immunoglobulin G4 monoclonal antibody co-developed by Innovent and Eli Lilly and Company. Sintilimab is a type of immunoglobulin G4 monoclonal antibody, which binds to PD-1 molecules on the surface of T-cells, blocks the PD-1 / PD-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) pathway, and reactivates T-cells to kill cancer cells[9]. In China, sintilimab has been approved and included in the National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) for seven indications. The updated NRDL reimbursement scope of TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) includes: For the treatment of relapsed or refractory classic Hodgkin's lymphoma after two lines or later of systemic chemotherapy; For the first-line treatment of unresectable locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer lacking EGFR or ALK driver gene mutations; For the treatment of patients with EGFR-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer who progressed after EGFR-TKI therapy; For the first-line treatment of unresectable locally advanced or metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer; For the first-line treatment of unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma with no prior systematic treatment; For the first-line treatment of unresectable locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; For the first-line treatment of unresectable locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. In addition, two clinical studies of sintilimab have met their primary endpoints: Phase 2 study of sintilimab monotherapy as second-line treatment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Phase 3 study of sintilimab monotherapy as second-line treatment for squamous NSCLC with disease progression following platinum-based chemotherapy. Disclaimer: The above two indications are still under clinical study, which have not been approved in China. Innovent does not recommend any off-label usage. About Innovent Innovent is a leading biopharmaceutical company founded in 2011 with the mission to provide high-quality biologics that are affordable to all. The company discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes innovative medicines that treat some of the most intractable diseases. Its pioneering therapies treat cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic, autoimmune and eye diseases. Innovent has 10 products in the market, 3 new drug applications under the NMPA review, 5 assets in Phase 3 or pivotal clinical trials and 18 more molecules in early clinical stage. Innovent partners with over 30 global healthcare leaders, including Eli Lilly, Roche, Sanofi, Adimab, Incyte and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Guided by the motto, "Start with Integrity, Succeed through Action," Innovent maintains the highest standard of industry practices and works collaboratively to advance the biopharmaceutical industry so that first-rate pharmaceutical drugs can become widely accessible. For more information, visit , or follow Innovent on Facebook and LinkedIn. Forward-Looking Statements This news release may contain certain forward-looking statements that are, by their nature, subject to significant risks and uncertainties. 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The Company, the Directors and the employees of the Company assume (a) no obligation to correct or update the forward-looking statements contained in this site; and (b) no liability in the event that any of the forward-looking statements does not materialise or turn out to be incorrect. Reference ： SOURCE Innovent Biologics