Innovent Receives the NMPA's Approval for Byvasda (biosimilar- bevacizumab) to Treat Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in China
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- The NMPA has approved Byvasda for the treatment of patients with NSCLC and metastatic colorectal cancer. The approval follows TYVYT (sintilimab injection) approval- indicated to treat patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma- granted in Dec’2018
- The launch of Byvasda will provide Chinese patients with high-quality and relatively more affordable bevacizumab biosimilar injection
- In Jan’2020- Innovent granted commercial rights of Byvasda to in the US and Canada to Coherus BioSciences. Byvasda is a recombinant humanized anti-VEGF mAb targeting VEGF receptors on the surface of vascular endothelial cells- thus inhibiting signaling pathways such as PI3K-Akt/PKB and Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK
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