Penpulimab - Akeso Biopharma/Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group
Alternative Names: AK 105 - Akeso Biopharma/Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group; AnnikoLatest Information Update: 04 Sep 2025
At a glance
- Originator Akeso Biopharma
- Developer Akeso Biopharma; Beijing Cancer Hospital; Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group; Fudan University
- Class Antineoplastics; Immunotherapies; Monoclonal antibodies
- Mechanism of Action Programmed cell death 1 receptor antagonists; T lymphocyte stimulants
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Orphan Drug Status
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 Hodgkin's disease; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Non-small cell lung cancer
- Preregistration Liver cancer
- Phase II Cholangiocarcinoma; Colorectal cancer; Gastric cancer; Glioblastoma; Head and neck cancer; Neuroendocrine tumours; Pancreatic cancer; Small cell lung cancer; Solid tumours; Squamous cell cancer; Thyroid cancer; Urogenital cancer
- Phase I/II Mesothelioma; Oesophageal cancer; Thymoma; Uterine cancer
Most Recent Events
- 04 Jun 2025 Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group terminates a phase-Ib trial in Liver cancer (First-line therapy, Combination therapy, Late-stage disease) in China (IV) (NCT05975645) due to business reasons, but no safety and efficacy concerns
- 25 Apr 2025 Efficacy and adverse events data from a phase III trial in Nasopharyngeal carcinoma were presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR-2025)
- 24 Apr 2025 Registered for Nasopharyngeal cancer (Metastatic disease, Combination therapy, First-line therapy, Late-stage disease) in USA (IV)