The US Food and Drug Administration (HKG:9926) approved Akeso's penpulimab-kcqx combination with cisplatin or carboplatin and gemcitabine for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
The drug, a differentiated PD-1 monoclonal antibody, is indicated for the treatment of recurrent or metastatic non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma in adults, according to a Friday filing with the Hong Kong bourse.
Chinese authorities have already approved the drug for first-line treatment of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma and second or later-line treatment of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, the filing said.