U S FDA Accepts Regulatory Submission for Sintilimab in Combination with Pemetrexed and Platinum Chemotherapy for the First-Line Treatment of People with Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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U S FDA Accepts Regulatory Submission for Sintilimab in Combination with Pemetrexed and Platinum Chemotherapy for the First-Line Treatment of People with Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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BeiGene, Astellas and CANbridge made our news this week. (Google)
BeiGene s first-quarter sales jumped 104% year over year to $106 million as it started to benefit from demand surging on new national reimbursement coverage. The Chinese biotech also won a local go-ahead for a PARP inhibitor to challenge incumbents Lynparza and Zejula. Astellas walked away from a muscle disease pact with Cytokinetics after a midstage trial flop. And more.
BeiGene more than doubled product sales year over year to $106 million in the first quarter. The company’s PD-1 inhibitor tislelizumab, BTK inhibitor Brukinsa and Amgen-shared bone drug Xgeva enjoyed huge increases in patient demand following their inclusion on China’s National Reimbursement Drug List starting this March, which the company said more than offset the effect from price cuts. But the marketing suspension of a Bristol Myers Squibb chemo drug, Abraxane, remains a drag.
[December 28, 2020]
Junshi Biosciences Announces Inclusion of Toripalimab in The China National Reimbursement Drug List
SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Junshi Biosciences (HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), an innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies, is pleased to announce that toripalimab has been included in the updated National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) (2020 Edition) for the treatment of melanoma by the China National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA). The primary drug format specification is the 80mg(2ml)/vial. Toripalimab is the only anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody for the treatment of melanoma that has been included in the NRDL.
Melanoma is an aggressive form of solid tumor with a rapid systemic dissemination. Toripalimab received a conditional approval by the NMPA for the 2