LEADS BIOLABS-B shares climb nearly 6% as PD-L1/4-1BB bispecific antibody gets IND clearance for advanced colorectal cancer treatment

Stock News08-03

Shares of LEADS BIOLABS-B (09887) rose nearly 6% in early trading, last up 5.71% at HK$56.45 with a turnover of HK$75.0476 million.

On August 3, the company announced that China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) had granted Investigational New Drug (IND) approval for its self-developed candidate, Weilisin (PD-L1/4-1BB bispecific antibody, LBL-024), for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

The approved trial is an open-label, multicenter Phase Ib/II study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Weilisin in combination therapy for mCRC.

This milestone marks a significant expansion of the drug's indications in gastrointestinal cancers, extending the company's immuno-oncology pipeline from biliary tract cancer (BTC), gastric cancer (GC), and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) into colorectal cancer (CRC), a field with high unmet clinical need.

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