Shanghai Junshi Biosciences (SHA:688180, HKG:1877) unit TopAlliance Biosciences has received marketing authorization and approval by UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for its drug toripalimab for the treatment of two indications, a Nov. 15 bourse filing said.
The drug has been approved in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine to treat adults with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and in combination with cisplatin and paclitaxel for the treatment of adults with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Toripalimab has become the first and only drug to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma and the only first-line treatment for advanced or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in the UK.
Shares of the pharmaceutical company were up nearly 2% in recent trade.
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