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BeiGene’s Tislelizumab Delivers With OS Data In Broad Gastric Cancer Population

 
• By Jessica Merrill

The PD-L1 inhibitor partnered with Novartis improved overall survival in combination with chemotherapy in gastric cancer patients regardless of PD-L1 status.

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Tislelizumab improved overall survival in gastric cancer • Source: Shutterstock

BeiGene, Ltd.’s PD-L1 inhibitor tislelizumab improved overall survival in combination with chemotherapy in patients with advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) adenocarcinoma regardless of PD-L1 status in a Phase III clinical trial, the company reported on 20 April.

The positive data add to the growing efficacy evidence for the drug, which is approved for 10 indications in China...

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