Riding US Approval, Junshi, Coherus Swing For PD-1 Combo Therapy Partnerships

Antibodies targeting TIGIT, IL-27, CCR8 and BTLA from the Chinese and US firms are among the first batch of combination candidates expected to expand the indications of anti-PD-1 antibody Loqtorzi beyond the rare condition of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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Junshi/Coherus’s anti-PD-1 Loqtorzi gets into swing of partnering for combination therapies • Source: Shutterstock

Having successfully landed their anti-PD-1 Loqtorzi (toripalimab) in the US, Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd. and Coherus BioSciences, Inc. are set to jump-start a partnership bonanza for potential combination therapies using the immuno-oncology drug as the backbone.

Key Takeaways
  • Junshi and Coherus’s anti-PD-1 Loqtorzi (toripalimab) was finally approved in the US on 27 October after one and a half years of twists and turns under review.

Loqtorzi went through twists and turns for its biologics license application with the US Food and Drug Administration over the...

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