Innovent Builds Metabolic Pipeline While Retaining Oncology Backbone

Presents At ASCO On Multiple Assets

Innovent presented data on multiple pipeline assets at ASCO, including promising OS results for its first-in-class anti-PD-1/IL-2α-bias bispecific. The Chinese firm is also continuing to build out its metabolic disease portfolio and consider its partnering strategies, its CEO tells Scrip.

An executive interview with two microphones
Innovent builds in-house and partnered pipeline including mazdutide, originally licensed from Lilly and expected to be approved in China this year for obesity and type 2 diabetes. (Shutterstock/AI-generated)

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and bispecific antibodies were the stars of the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, where Chinese companies had a major presence this year and accounted for close to half of all the presentations across the two modalities at the 30 May-3 June event in Chicago.

Innovent Biologics was one of the major Chinese firms showcasing its assets, including IBI363, a first-in-class anti-PD-1/IL-2α-bias bispecific which, if...

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