AstraZenecacludes upfront and near-term milesAllorion Therapeutics with development and commercial mlung cancerf $500 million total possible, plus royalties, according to a Tuesday press release.
Small molecule biotech Allorion will pass a novel EGFR L858R allosteric inhibitor over to the Big Pharma to develop and commercialize globally in advanced EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Tagrisso combined with chemotherapy AstraZenecaoweEGFR inhibitorEGFRpressive beTagrisson staving off tumor progression NSCLCred wittumor therapy alone in newly diagnosed, metaTagrissoGFR-mutant NSCLC in the late-stage FLAURA2 trial. Experts wanted to see an overall survival advantage, but data there are still immature.
Tagrisso’s EGFR inhibitor is designed to address mechanisms of resistance to current thtumores, Chief Scientific Officer Fang Li, PhD., said in Tuesday’s release. The tEGFRpmutant NSCLC enhance the activity of existing medicines through combination regimens—including Tagrisso, he noted.
AllorionechEGFR inhibitorEGFRich has headquarters in both Natick, Massachusetts and Guangzhou, China, has five programs in the works in cancer and autoimmune disease. The most advanced are in phase 1/2 development: ARTS-011 targeting TYK2 and ARTS-021 for CDK2.Tagrisso