China National Medical Products Administration Approves Tislelizumab in Combination with Chemotherapy in First-Line Advanced Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
This is the third approval in China for tislelizumab, and its first in a lung cancer indication.
- This is the third approval in China for tislelizumab, and its first in a lung cancer indication.
- Tislelizumab is being investigated in a broad clinical program, including five Phase 3 trials in lung cancer indications.
- We are grateful to have a new treatment available in the front-line setting for patients with advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer, said Jie Wang, M.D., Ph.D., National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.
- The China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has granted tislelizumab full approval for first-line treatment of patients with advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in combination with chemotherapy.