Junshi Biosciences Announces Updated Clinical data from Phase I study of anti-BTLA antibody Tifcemalimab in Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Lymphomas at 64th ASH Annual Meeting
SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences”, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced today that the updated preliminary data from a Phase I study of tifcemalimab as a single agent or in combination with toripalimab in relapsed/refractory lymphomas in a poster at the 64th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting. Tifcemalimab is the world’s first-in-human anti-tumor anti-BTLA monoclonal antibody independently developed by the company.
- The observed clinical activity of tifcemalimab in combination with toripalimab in lymphoma patients refractory to checkpoint inhibitors warrants further evaluation.
- “However, if PD-1 inhibitors fail, there is no standard treatment to resort to, thus new treatment methods are urgently needed in clinical practice.
- This is the very first time an anti-BTLA antibody was evaluated for safety and efficacy in the treatment of lymphomas.
- Now, updated results from the clinical trial for lymphomas have been presented at the ASH annual meeting.