Zai Lab Announces Global Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Amgen to Evaluate Zocilurtatug Pelitecan in Combination with Imdelltra
“In combination, this dual-targeting strategy has the potential to increase the rate and deepen responses both systemically and, in the brain, address resistance pathways, and unlock new treatment paradigms for patients with small cell lung cancer,” said Rafael G. Amado, M.D., President, Head of Global Research and Development, Zai Lab. “These two approaches leverage complementary mechanisms — our ADC delivers a potent cytotoxic payload directly to DLL3-expressing tumor cells, while the T-cell engager is designed to activate T-cells by binding the same antigen and eliciting an immune response against the tumor.”
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