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CASI Pharmaceuticals - New drug licensed targeting antibody checkpoints

CASI announced that it has in licensed the Greater Chinese rights to BI-1206 from BioInvent, which is being investigated in Phase I trials for the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and solid tumors. The drug has a novel target FcγRIIB, an antibody receptor on leukocytes with checkpoint-like properties. The drug is currently in two dose escalation studies for NHL and solid tumors in combination with rituximab and Keytruda, respectively.
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CASI Pharmaceuticals

CASI Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutics and pharmaceutical products. The company's primary product and candidates in hematology/oncology include: EVOMELA (Melphalan for Injection), an intravenous formulation of melphalan commercialized in the multiple myeloma treatment setting in the United States; CNCT19, which targets CD19, a B-cell surface protein expressed during all phases of B-cell development and a validated target for B-cell driven hematological malignancies; CID-103, an investigational anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody being developed for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma.

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Sean Conroy

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