Renal Cell Carcinoma

BOSTON, Oct. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a remarkable development for cancer research, patients with advanced-stage cancer have benefited from SUPLEXA, a personalized treatment that trains the patient's own immune cells to fight cancer. "Cancer often gains the upper hand by suppressing the immune system. Our approach flips the script: we isolate immune cells from this suppressive environment, we reactivate their inherent cancer-fighting abilities in a laboratory, and return them back to the patient", said Dr Frank Borriello, Founder and CEO of Boston-based Alloplex Biotherapeutics[1]. While the science behind SUPLEXA is sophisticated, the process for patients and clinicians is surprisingly straight-forward. A single 50 mL blood draw from the patient is all it takes to develop a complete course of SUPLEXA therapy. With nothing more than standard lab equipment, the patient's white blood cells are isolated and 'trained' outside the body (ex vivo) using Alloplex's proprietary ENLIST immune cell training technology. About a month later, the enhanced blood cells are infused into the patient, where they not only seek out and destroy rogue cancer cells — that had, until then, evaded the immune system — but improve the overall immune health of the patient. Full results of the first-in-human trial[2] will be released at the 2024 SITC conference in November. The Australian study showed no treatment-related serious adverse events — unsurprising, given that SUPLEXA is made from the patients' own immune cells that have simply undergone a training process to improve their functionality before being reintroduced to the patient. Remarkably, and in addition to its strong safety profile, SUPLEXA transformed the lives of patients with various cancer types. Its most striking results were observed in patients with a specific type of advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Three CRC patients derived significant clinical benefit: one achieved a complete response (CR), another a partial response (PR) and another stable disease (SD). "Many of these patients sustained a strong clinical response for up to two years," said Dr. Borriello. Of the ten RCC patients, one achieved a partial response (PR) and six achieved stable disease (SD) while only 3 had progressive disease (PD). Patients with other solid tumors, including melanoma, breast and lung cancer, also demonstrated long-term SD with SUPLEXA. While quality of life assessments were not formally captured in this study, patients reported improvements in their well-being, a reduction in pain and improved symptom control. For the participating patients who had exhausted all standard treatment options, "SUPLEXA has been a remarkable experience," said Principal Investigator, Assoc. Professor Rohit Joshi[3], who led the first-in-human study across three sites in Australia[4]. "It's also allowed them to continue with their normal lives, have a vacation, take up new hobbies and spend more time with family and friends," said Assoc. Prof. Rohit Joshi. FDA Opens Door to Proceed With encouragement from the FDA to proceed with an Investigational New Drug (IND) submission, Alloplex Biotherapeutics plans to initiate Phase 2 clinical trials of SUPLEXA in early 2025. The trial will combine SUPLEXA with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in patients with a specific type of colorectal cancer. The goal is to test, in a controlled clinical setting, whether SUPLEXA's complementary mechanisms can enhance patient outcomes by amplifying the effectiveness of ICIs, which are the standard of care for this type of cancer. Notes: Alloplex Biotherapeutics is a private Boston-based company founded in 2016 with a singular focus on developing its ENLIST immune cell training platform for cancer. SUPLEXA cells represent the first candidate to emerge from this platform that harnesses and amplifies the innate capabilities of the immune system, Full clinical and scientific results of the trial will be presented at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer 'SITC' meeting in Houston, Texas in early November 2024. Abstracts #378 and #678 will be presented in the Immune Engineering Workshop and at the Annual Meeting. Assoc. Professor Rohit Joshi, MBBS, MD, FRACP, FACP, FRCP, is a highly published and renowned medical oncology consultant. He is an Associate Professor at the University of South Australia and University of Adelaide; and Director of Cancer Research SA ('CRSA'). The company's first-in-human clinical trial enrolled 35 patients with a variety of advanced cancer types. It was an open label, single-agent, basket study across three clinical sites in Australia and concluded in June 2024. The three sites in Australia where the SUPLEXA trial was carried out are: (1) Cancer Research SA ('CRSA') in Adelaide, South Australia; (2) Southern Oncology Research United ('SOCRU') in Adelaide, South Australia, and (3) Greenslopes Private Hospital / Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation, in Brisbane, Queensland. Full Media Kit: An extensive library of backgrounders, Q&As, images (including headshots) and videos is available at Media Contact Email: [email protected] Logo - WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM? 440k+ Newsrooms & Influencers 9k+ Digital Media Outlets 270k+ Journalists Opted In GET STARTED

RMAT Designation Follows Positive Proof-of-Concept Data from the ALLO-316 TRAVERSE Trial in Adult Patients with Advanced or Metastatic CD70 Positive Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) Who Received Prior Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor and VEGF-Targeting Therapy ALLO-316 Advances Scientific Understanding and Applicability of the Dagger® Technology as the Next-Generation Allogeneic Platform to Maximize the Potential of a Single Infusion of an “Off-the-Shelf” CAR T Product Company to Present Updated Phase 1 Data from the TRAVERSE Trial at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting ALLO-316 was Previously Granted Fast Track Designation (FTD) in March 2022 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Oct. 29, 2024 -- Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALLO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of allogeneic CAR T (AlloCAR T™) products for cancer and autoimmune disease, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to ALLO-316 for the treatment of adult patients with CD70 positive advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The RMAT designation was based on clinical data from the TRAVERSE trial indicating the potential of ALLO-316 to address the unmet need for patients with difficult-to-treat RCC who have failed multiple standard RCC therapies, including an immune checkpoint inhibitor and a VEGF-targeting therapy. The ongoing development of ALLO-316 continues to advance the scientific understanding and applicability of the Dagger® technology as the next-generation allogeneic platform to maximize the potential of a single infusion of “off-the-shelf” CAR T product in solid tumors. “The RMAT designation for ALLO-316 highlights the transformative potential of our AlloCAR T™ platform to offer new hope for heavily pretreated patients with renal cell carcinoma who have exhausted standard treatment options,” said Zachary Roberts, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice President of Research & Development and Chief Medical Officer. “This important milestone moves us closer to fulfilling the promise of “off-the-shelf” CAR T therapy—delivering faster, more reliable, and widely accessible treatments. We remain optimistic about the future of ALLO-316 and its potential to be an important advancement for patients.” The ongoing Phase 1 TRAVERSE trial is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and activity of ALLO-316 in patients with advanced or metastatic RCC. Initial results from the TRAVERSE trial were presented in an oral presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, in 2023. The Company will present updated Phase 1 data from the TRAVERSE trial at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) annual meeting. The RMAT designation is intended to accelerate the development and review of promising investigational products, including cell therapies. To qualify, a product must be designed to treat, modify, reverse, or cure a serious or life-threatening disease, with preliminary clinical evidence suggesting it can address unmet medical needs. The RMAT designation offers several key advantages, including early and frequent interactions with the FDA to discuss potential surrogate or intermediate endpoints, as well as strategies to meet post-approval requirements, potentially streamlining the path to market approval. ALLO-316, an AlloCAR T™ investigational product, targets CD70 which is highly expressed in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). CD70 is also selectively expressed in several cancers, creating the potential for ALLO-316 to be developed across a variety of both hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. ALLO-316 utilizes the Dagger® technology to optimize CAR T cell expansion and persistence to maximize the potential efficacy in solid tumors with a one-time infusion. The ongoing Phase 1 TRAVERSE trial is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and activity of ALLO-316 in patients with advanced or metastatic clear cell RCC. In March 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Fast Track Designation (FTD) to ALLO-316, and in October 2024 the FDA granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to ALLO-316 based on its potential to address the unmet need for adult patients with CD70 positive advanced or metastatic RCC who have failed standard RCC therapies. Allogene Therapeutics, with headquarters in South San Francisco, is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T cell (AlloCAR T™) products for cancer and autoimmune disease. Led by a management team with significant experience in cell therapy, Allogene is developing a pipeline of “off-the-shelf” CAR T cell product candidates with the goal of delivering readily available cell therapy on-demand, more reliably, and at greater scale to more patients. For more information, please visit www.allogene.com, and follow @AllogeneTx on X and LinkedIn. 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对于中国的生物医药行业来讲，2024年是一个分水岭。 来自外部的环境相对底部并没有反转向好，但过往的负面预期基本已经消化完毕，从国家战略层面来看，生物医药在国内仍是一个各政策口都在提的领域，未来不会更差了；而行业内部的竞争，在热钱不再疯狂涌入之后，很少再有同一靶点10+竞争者的乱象。 这样一个节点之下，长达三年的供给和支付两端的压制，让一批公司或断臂求生，或走向卖身乃至清算的道路；而已经上岸的公司凭借着研发和有着自我造血的商业化能力，在行业日渐出清的格局之下能进一步夯实自身地位。 君实生物就是后者的一个典型。 在刚刚披露的三季报中，公司实现营收12.71亿元，同比增长29%。这个数字在并未松绑的院内反腐压力下实属不易。主要体现在其核心产品PD-1单抗单季度内达成近80%的同比增长，这是特瑞普利单抗在各种新的适应证上不断披荆斩棘的结果。与此同时，归属上市公司股东的净亏损收窄至9.27亿元，相比去年同期减亏4.8亿元。 不断提升的自我造血能力，叠加上公司高达30.45亿的资金储备，让君实在新品的打造和外部合作上能进一步往前：今年核心产品PD-1新增三项适应证和海外上市，并有一款新的创新药昂戈瑞西单抗获批；与此同时，公司在商务和BD两条线上再添新将，为新一轮的增长周期夯实人才基础。 君实最新的成绩单向行业展示了一个样本：国内医药行业在一轮上与下的周期之后正在迈向一个全新的景象，而这其中那些一直在砥砺耕耘的公司，正在一点点长成能穿越周期的样子。 而在行业的春天来临之时，它们也将会是绽放的最热烈的那一个。 一、创新治疗图谱的描绘 在国内医药市场，因为一些历史原因，有些时候商业化的放量跟销售队伍规模和公司政策相关性较大。但长远看来，仍旧是“得适应证者得天下”，产品力决定一切。 特瑞普利单抗的加速放量就是一个很好的印证。 今年1月份，特瑞普利单抗在NSCLC（非小细胞肺癌）围术期治疗的适应证正式获得NMPA的批准。三个月后，一项来自国内顶尖权威期刊JAMA的NEOTORCH研究数据进一步强化了特瑞普利单抗在NSCLC围手术期治疗的地位，为中国乃至全球树立了围手术期治疗的新标杆。 从术前准备到术后管理，再到术后复发/不可手术后的一/二/三线药物治疗，在恶性肿瘤患者的一整个治疗旅程当中，覆盖更多治疗场景则意味着更高的渗透率。与此同时，更多的适用场景也能反过来进一步强化PD-1在肿瘤治疗里的地位。这是在当前PD-1药物差异化竞争的关键。 围手术期的临床是一块硬骨头，临床终点的难以选择以及阳性结果不容易获得让很多企业望而却步。君实是国内最早扑向这一难题的PD-1企业，如今随着临床的成功，也给国内的NSCLC患者带来了新的选择。 而除了NSCLC的围手术期治疗，君实一直在难治性肿瘤以及大适应证上不断耕耘。事实上，从15项注册性临床研究这个角度来看，君实是在PD-1上相对投入最多的药企。 今年特瑞普利单抗新增广泛期小细胞肺癌、三阴性乳腺癌和肾细胞癌三项适应证上市，这几种疾病都是目前缺乏有效治疗手段的瘤种，君实啃下来了。再加上此前在一线NSCLC和食管鳞癌的覆盖之下，特瑞普利单抗正在一步步迎来收获期。 IO疗法是一项划时代的革命性治疗手段，而PD-1又是应用最广的靶点。只是前几年过多的玩家几乎在同一时间全部涌入这一赛道，才导致如今价格和市场推广上的内卷，但IO治疗的时代还远未结束，只有以all in的态度入局，才能在一个大的领域里真正站稳脚跟。 当然，君实在IO领域也在积极拓展新的治疗手段。 今年以来，君实的BTLA单抗tifcemalimab先后亮相ASCO、WCLC舞台，其单药以及联合PD-1治疗血液瘤、实体瘤研究引起多方关注。目前该产品有两项三期临床在国内/国际进行患者入组。作为全球首个进入临床开发阶段、并且是目前唯一一款进入临床III期研究阶段的抗肿瘤抗BTLA单抗，君实做first-in-class的初心和决心可见一斑。 和PD-L1一样，BTLA也是一种在多种实体&血液瘤表达的标记物。但与PD-1有着一定的差异性，这意味着，无论是单药，还是和PD-1联用，都有着其发挥空间。 而除了免疫治疗领域的新进展，报告期内君实收获一款用于治疗高血脂的长效抗体药物，昂戈瑞西单抗。 再加上此前已经获批的新冠抗体&口服药，以及两款颇具战略意义的biosimilar，君实凭借着单/双抗/融合蛋白、小分子、ADC以及核酸类药物等多项技术平台，在肿瘤、自免、抗感染以及慢病领域的治疗图谱正在一点点成形。 未来，将凭借更多的创新治疗手段以及差异化竞争的适应证，将不断为公司的业务增长提供新动力。 二、成熟商业体系的构建 研发只是第一步，商业化能力则决定了公司创新的空间。 从2018年国内第一款PD-1获批开始，君实的商业化能力完成了三级跳。 从最开始大规模自建销售队伍，搭建市场教育和商业转化平台；到小范围内的产品授权合作，以首付款和销售分成锁定销售能力之外的商业价值；再到借助Coherus、Dr.Reddy‘s、Hikma以及康联达等多位合作伙伴，向全球市场进军。 多层次的市场体系构建，逐渐为君实提供了一个稳定而强健的商业转化平台。 目前公司在欧盟和北美两大核心市场已获批上市，是我国首款在美获批的自研自产创新生物药。 特瑞普利单抗能在欧美获批，是基于鼻咽癌和食管癌有着极大未满足临床需求的“细分瘤种”。此外，大适应证上欧美不缺药，但其它地区缺。特瑞普利单抗将会以欧美背书为杠杆，去撬动更多的适应证以及全球市场。目前其已在东南亚、拉美、澳洲、北非等超过50多个国家完成商业化覆盖，并在多个国家和地区拿到加速审批的资格。 此外，公司最新的首席商务官王行远业已到任，这位曾负责恒瑞多款重磅肿瘤产品落地的销售人才，将使得公司的商务转化能力更上一层楼。 以上是特瑞普利单抗在今年能加速放量的密码。 而除了传统意义上的药品流通，最近行业内一系列横纵向交易合作频频出炉，使得BD这件事在中国的制药公司里越来越成为重要一环。 这是中国创新药企在支付端短时间难以大面积放开之下的破局之道，也是本土制药公司融入全球舞台的必由之路。 君实生物是不缺BD经验的。 早在2021年就新冠抗体和礼来达成全球范围内的合作，带来了近30亿的收入，这两年，更是借助诸多合作方完成了PD-1的借船出海。 但君实的BD需要更进一步。 在刚刚过去的10月下旬，公司宣布任命Mehul Shah博士商务拓展副总裁，负责全球范围内的商务拓展，向总经理兼首席执行官邹建军博士汇报。 这位来自于百时美施贵宝的新BD负责人正是BMS与百利天恒84亿美元交易的牵头者，超20年的BD经验以及全球丰富的人脉无疑会帮助君实生物加快BD脚步。公司将借助全球创新药市场建立商业新驱动，进一步为公司的产品价值打开空间。 而当中国的创新药资产在一个全球市场里逐渐有了一方属于自己的舞台，届时本土创新药公司的研发战略和临床执行能力的商业化价值发挥到极致。 三、穿越周期能力的修炼 创新型制药公司就干两件事：一个是研发新产品，一个是商业化落地。然而，企业的运营却是一个永远讲不完的话题。 在什么样的时间选择什么样的方向，投入多少资源，上何种策略，用好怎样的人……这是企业家们永远要上的课。 从历史的后视镜里去看君实生物，公司在创新而竞争激烈的IO市场一步步脱颖而出；追了新冠的热点并很好地落地，从而弥补公司现金流；在行业日渐收紧之时积极做好现金储备，同时在一些高确定性方向持续押注：PD-1的持续探索、在双抗/ADC方向上的发力，以及如今向核酸类药物再进一步…… 从结果上来看，如今君实产品矩阵逐渐明朗，商业化放量逐渐提速，亏损收窄、整体经营进一步踩实向好；而超30亿的现金储备也给了公司更多持续发力的空间。这个结果称不上是巨大的成功，但绝对算得上是biotech里一个优秀代表。 这背后是公司的战略眼光和运营效率，是一种穿越周期的能力的修炼。 能力的修炼并不容易。 君实的临床和销售团队经过这些年的磨合，从最新的临床落地和商业化进程来看，已经在朝着一个良性方向发展。 目前，君实在早期临床管线搭建上有不少新的亮点：比如Claudin18.2 ADC、PI3K-α抑制剂、CD20/CD3、PD-1/VEGF双抗、抗DKK1单克隆抗体以及用于免疫调节的核酸类药物；临床落地能力亦有提升：不仅有PD-1的各项新增的重磅适应证，也有其它产品的关键临床进展以及商业化落地；国内和海外销售均有增量。 而“持续不断的创新以及临床转化”“成熟的商业化落地能力”“稳定的资源控制能力”以及立足全球视野，这些便是一家制药公司穿越周期的能力的构成。 在中国的创新药行业发展道路上，君实走的不算快，但或许可以走得远。 声明：本内容仅用作医药行业信息传播，为作者独立观点，不代表药智网立场。如需转载，请务必注明文章作者和来源。对本文有异议或投诉，请联系maxuelian@yaozh.com。 责任编辑 | 史蒂文 转载开白 | 马老师 18996384680（同微信）  阅读原文，是受欢迎的文章哦