As­traZeneca joins Mer­ck, Bris­tol-My­ers in Chi­na's check­point race as reg­u­la­tors OK first PD-L1

As­traZeneca has made a stride to­ward re­al­iz­ing its am­bi­tions in Chi­na as reg­u­la­tors green­light Imfinzi as a treat­ment for non-small cell lung can­cer.

In par­tic­u­lar, the PD-L1 agent is fill­ing a void for im­munother­a­pies in Stage III un­re­sectable case, the com­pa­ny said, where the can­cer has not spread to the rest of the body. It is to be used, with cu­ra­tive in­tent, in pa­tients whose can­cer hasn’t pro­gressed fol­low­ing con­cur­rent plat­inum-based chemother­a­py and ra­di­a­tion ther­a­py.

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