BeiGene, Hengrui Among China Firms Flexing New Oncology Muscle At ASCO

In its bid to facilitate novel treatments for some of its most prevalent cancers, China is also poised to make a dent in the global oncology market through domestically originated agents, with the number of PD-1 and CAR-T therapies under clinical development already surpassing that in the US.

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CHINA MAKING A DENT IN GLOBAL ONCOLOGY DEVELOPMENT • Source: Alex Shimmings

Days after China’s regulators cleared the country’s fifth PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor for marketing, both excitement and anxiety is emerging over the increasingly overcrowded oncology research area in the country.

China is already the largest market in Asia for oncology drugs, as it has the largest patient population for several forms of cancer including lung, breast and liver

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