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Sorrento’s License Partner, Lee’s Pharm, Announces Full Enrollment of 498 Patients in a Phase III Trial of Socazolimab (Anti-PD-L1 Antibody) for First-Line Treatment of Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC)
- Socazolimab (anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody) was discovered by Sorrento from its fully human antibody G-MABTM library and licensed by
China Oncology Focus Limited (“COF”), a Lee’s Pharm subsidiary, for the Great China Territories. - COF has completed the patient enrollment (498 patients) for a Phase III, multicenter, randomized, double blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial of Socazolimab combined with chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (“ES-SCLC”).
This clinical trial involves 54 centers and is led by Prof.
Socazolimab is an in-licensed product from Sorrento for the People’s
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About Socazolimab
Socazolimab is a fully human anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody identified by Sorrento using its proprietary G-MAB™ library platform. Socazolimab has the following potential advantages over its competitors:
- Fully human antibody potentially allows it to have minimal immunogenicity; demonstrated by its negative antigen-derived antibody (ADA) generation in humans in studies to date.
- Potentially lower dose required to achieve efficacy compared to other anti-PD-L1 antibodies.
- Dual mechanism of action observed with both immune-checkpoint inhibition and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) effect.
About ES-SCLC and Immunotherapy
Atezolizumab, a PD-L1 inhibitor, in combination with carboplatin and etoposide, was approved by the NMPA as a first-line treatment for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
The treatment was a major milestone and the first new treatment for the aggressive cancer in decades; it increased the median overall survival by 2 months and reduced the risk of death by 23% compared with chemotherapy alone in this disease setting. The advance was celebrated as a major milestone. Durvalumab, another PD-L1 inhibitor, has been granted the New Drug Approval (NDA) in ES-SCLC in
About
COF is a subsidiary of Lee’s Pharm and a clinical development stage company focused on oncology. COF is currently developing several assets, including Socazolimab (anti-PD-L1 antibody) in pivotal clinical trial stage; Zotiraciclib, an oral multi-kinase inhibitor in Phase I clinical trial for glioblastoma; Gimatecan, a topoisomerase I inhibitor for ovarian cancer; Pexa-vec (oncolytic virus) which is in global Phase Ib clinical trial for renal cell cancer. COF has built a pipeline of 10 assets through internal development and in-licensing. The diversity of its products creates a unique position for the company to use immune oncology as backbone therapy in combination with in-house products and develop potential paradigm-shifting treatment for cancer.
About Lee’s Pharm
Lee’s Pharm is a research-driven and market-oriented biopharmaceutical company with more than 25 years of operation in the pharmaceutical industry in
About
Sorrento is a clinical and commercial stage biopharmaceutical company developing new therapies to treat cancer, pain (non-opioid treatments), autoimmune disease and COVID-19. Sorrento's multimodal, multipronged approach to fighting cancer is made possible by its extensive immuno-oncology platforms, including key assets such as fully human antibodies (“G-MAB™ library”), immuno-cellular therapies (“DAR-T™”), antibody-drug conjugates (“ADCs”), and oncolytic virus (“Seprehvec™”). Sorrento is also developing potential antiviral therapies and vaccines against coronaviruses, including Abivertinib, COVISHIELD™ and COVI-MSC™; and diagnostic test solutions, including COVIMARK™.
Sorrento's commitment to life-enhancing therapies for patients is also demonstrated by our effort to advance a first-in-class (TRPV1 agonist) non-opioid pain management small molecule, resiniferatoxin (“RTX”), and SP-102 (10 mg, dexamethasone sodium phosphate viscous gel) (SEMDEXA™), a novel, viscous gel formulation of a widely used corticosteroid for epidural injections to treat lumbosacral radicular pain, or sciatica, and to commercialize ZTlido® (lidocaine topical system) 1.8% for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). RTX has been cleared for a Phase II trial for intractable pain associated with cancer and a Phase II trial in osteoarthritis patients. Positive final results from the Phase III Pivotal Trial C.L.E.A.R. Program for SEMDEXA™, its novel, non-opioid product for the treatment of lumbosacral radicular pain (sciatica), were announced in
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