Cadonilimab - Akeso Biopharma
Alternative Names: AK-104Latest Information Update: 10 Mar 2026
At a glance
- Originator Akeso Biopharma
- Developer Akeso Biopharma; Chipscreen Biosciences; Hunan Cancer Hospital; Sun Yat-Sen University; The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Class Antineoplastics; Bispecific antibodies; Immunotherapies
- Mechanism of Action Antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity; Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 inhibitors; Programmed cell death 1 receptor antagonists; T lymphocyte stimulants
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Orphan Drug Status
Yes - Cervical cancer
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Cervical cancer
- Registered Gastric cancer
- Preregistration Oesophageal cancer
- Phase III Adenocarcinoma; Liver cancer; Non-small cell lung cancer
- Phase II Cholangiocarcinoma; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Ovarian cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Rectal cancer; Renal cell carcinoma; Solid tumours; Vulvar-neoplasms
- Phase I/II Malignant melanoma; Peripheral T-cell lymphoma; Small cell lung cancer
Most Recent Events
- 04 Mar 2026 Akeso plans a phase-III trial for Adenocarcinoma (Combination therapy, Inoperable/Unresectable, Late-stage disease, Metastatic disease, First-line therapy) in China (SC, Injection; IV) in March 2026 (NCT07449780)
- 17 Feb 2026 Akeso plans a phase-III trial for Adenocarcinoma (Late-stage disease) in China (Parenteral) in March 2026 (NCT07412613),
- 19 Dec 2025 Phase-II clinical trials in Oesophageal cancer (Late-stage disease, Combination therapy) in China (IV) (NCT07263919)