BioNTech Expands its 2020 Collaboration with Regeneron to Advance FixVac and Libtayo (cemiplimab) for the Treatment of NSCLC
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- The companies plan to jointly conduct the clinical trials to evaluate FixVac + Libtayo in different patient populations with NSCLC & will equally share the development costs for the clinical trials
- The agreement follows the Aug 2020 collaboration of the combination of BioNTech’s FixVac BNT111 + Libtayo for advanced melanoma. Following a separate agreement, BioNTech will be responsible to conduct & sponsor a P-I (LuCa-MERIT-1) trial for the combination in subpopulations with NSCLC
- BNT111 has received the US FDA’s Fast Track Designation and is being evaluated in a randomized P-II trial. The therapy is also being studied in a P-I trial in combination with Libtayo for prostate cancer
Ref: Globe Newswire | Image: BionTech
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