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Oncology Progress For BeiGene After Recent Setback

New PD-1 Approval, Data

 
• By Ian Haydock

Despite a recent setback for one commercial product in its oncology portfolio, BeiGene is on a roll with another, receiving the second approval in recent months, and the first in a solid tumor, for tislelizumab. The PD-1 contender has also met its endpoint in a first-line lung cancer trial.

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BeiGene Gains PD-1 Approval In Urothelial Cancer • Source: Shutterstock

BeiGene Ltd.’s anti-PD-1 antibody tislelizumab has been approved for its first solid tumor indication in China, bringing some cheer to the company after a recent setback for one of its main commercial oncology products in this market.

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