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China's EpimAb Advances Bispecific Antibody To Rival Janssen Candidate

 
• By Sten Stovall

EpimAb's business development officer tells Scrip dosing has started in a Phase I/II trial assessing the China-based biotech's lead cancer molecule EMB01, an EGFR-cMET bispecific antibody.

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EpimAb is using its platform to develop a pipeline of bispecific antibodies • Source: Shutterstock

China-based EpimAb Biotherapeutics has successfully progressed its lead cancer asset - a bispecific antibody that simultaneously targets EGFR and cMET - into Phase I/II trials. The start-up is on track with its plan to build a proprietary pipeline organically, using its FIT-Ig (Fabs-In-Tandem Immunoglobulin) platform, its chief operating and chief business officer told Scrip.

EMB01 is a bispecific antibody that simultaneously targets epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor (MET), two validated cancer

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