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    Kangfang Bio-PD-1/VEGF Double Antibody Approved for Phase II Clinical Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    • Last Update: 2021-11-14
    • Source: Internet
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    Article source: Medical Rubik's Cube Info

    Author: Sunshine

    On November 2, Kangfang Biological announced that the new tumor immunotherapy drug AK112 (PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody) was approved by CDE, and the development of single-drug or combined chemotherapy neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy can cut non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
    ) Phase II clinical study
    .


    AK112 is the world's first bispecific antibody drug to enter Phase III clinical research


    The study is an open, multi-center, randomized phase II clinical trial, which aims to evaluate whether AK112 monotherapy or combined chemotherapy neoadjuvant/adjuvant therapy can improve the pathological remission rate of surgery for patients with resectable NSCLC
    .

    AK112 is a PD-1/VEGF double antibody designed based on Kangfang's TETRABODY technology.
    It can block the binding of PD-1 to PD-L1, PD-L2, and the binding of VEGF to VEGF receptors
    .


    The combination therapy of PD-1 antibody and VEGF blocker has shown strong curative effect in a variety of tumor types (such as renal cell carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma)


    Lung cancer is one of the cancers with the highest morbidity and mortality in the world, of which about 85% are NSCLC, and about 30% of patients are resectable early and mid-term NSCLC at first diagnosis
    .


    A number of clinical studies have shown that neoadjuvant immunotherapy can play an important role in the comprehensive treatment of early NSCLC, with controllable adverse reactions and less delay in surgery


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