On June 1, Akeso (09926.HK) surged 11.77% in regular trading, trading at HK$128.0/share, with trading volume of HK$1.142 billion.
On the news front, Akeso's core product ivonescimab (PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody) combined with chemotherapy demonstrated statistically significant overall survival superiority over tislelizumab plus chemotherapy in first-line treatment of advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer, based on the Phase III HARMONi-6 study results presented at the ASCO Plenary Session. The ivonescimab arm reduced the risk of death by 34%, with a two-year survival rate of 64.7% versus 48.6% for the control arm. The study enrolled 532 patients.
This marks the first time in 61 years that a Chinese first-in-class drug's Phase III results have been selected for the ASCO Plenary Session as a Late-Breaking Abstract, with simultaneous publication in The Lancet. Additionally, over 40 clinical research results across multiple tumor types were presented at the conference, including cadonilimab data in renal cell carcinoma showing a 51.4% objective response rate.
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