Weekly Digest - January 2025

Weekly Digest - January 2025

21 Jan 2025: ArriVent BioPharma enters exclusive license with Lepu Biopharma for MRG007, an Antibody Drug Conjugate for the treatment of Gastrointestinal Cancers

  • ArriVent BioPharma entered to exclusive license agreement with Lepu Biopharma for MRG007, an ADC targeting GI cancers 

  • ArriVent gains exclusive rights to develop and commercialize MRG007 outside Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) 

  • Strategically it enhances ArriVent’s ADC portfolio, focusing on cancers with high unmet needs as its next plan is to advance MRG007 to clinical development 

  • ArriVent sees MRG007’s potential and aims to expand its ADC portfolio and with Lepu; is eager to bring the therapy globally 

  • MRG007 demonstrates strong antitumor activity and a favorable therapeutic index in preclinical GI cancer models 

  • IND Submission is planned for 1H 2025 and they are focusing on CRC, pancreatic, and other GI cancers 

  • Lepu to receives $47M upfront, up to $1.16B in milestones and royalties 

  • No impact on ArriVent’s expected cash runway through 2026 despite the upfront and milestone payments 

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