Innovent Biologics, Inc, a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic, autoimmune, ophthalmology and other major diseases, announced a collaboration and exclusive license agreement with Roche to advance the development of IBI3009, a novel DLL3-targeted antibody drug conjugate (ADC) candidate. IBI3009 has already obtained IND approvals in Australia, China, and the U.S., with the first patient for the Phase 1 study dosed in December 2024. This collaboration aims to bring innovative treatment options to patients with advanced small cell lung cancer.
IBI3009: A potentially best-in-class DLL3 ADC Candidate
IBI3009 targets DLL3, an antigen with low expression in normal tissues but significantly overexpressed in certain cancers, particularly small-cell lung cancer and other neuroendocrine tumors. Developed leveraging Innovent’s proprietary novel topoisomerase 1 inhibitor (TOPO1i) platform, IBI3009 is one of the leading and potentially best-in-class DLL3-targeting ADCs. IBI3009 has shown encouraging anti-tumor activity in multiple tumor-bearing mouse models, particularly in chemo-resistant tumor types, and has demonstrated a favorable safety profile.
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Dr. Samuel Zhang, Chief Business Officer of Innovent, stated: “We are delighted to once again enter a strategic collaboration with Roche, a global leader in oncology, to advance our potentially best-in-class DLL3 ADC candidate. By combining Roche’s scientific expertise and global development capabilities with our innovative approach, we are taking a significant step forward in our mission—to empower patients worldwide with affordable, high-quality biopharmaceuticals.”
“We are excited to enter this partnership with the Innovent team to further develop this promising investigational treatment for patients with small cell lung cancer. This partnership builds on Roche’s long history of innovation in the area of ADCs, to address the unmet needs of patients with solid tumors with transformational medicines,” said Boris L. Zaïtra, Head of Corporate Business Development at Roche.
Innovent is a leading biopharmaceutical company founded in 2011 with the mission to empower patients worldwide with affordable, high-quality biopharmaceuticals. The company discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes innovative medicines that target some of the most intractable diseases. Its pioneering therapies treat cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic, autoimmune and eye diseases. Innovent has launched 13 products in the market. It has 4 new drug applications under regulatory review, 3 assets in Phase III or pivotal clinical trials and 17 more molecules in early clinical stage.
SOURCE: PRNewswire