Chinese drug iza-bren doubles lung cancer survival window in phase 3 trial

South China Morning Post Tuesday 03 November 2026, 08:00 UTC By Shi Huang 1 min read

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An anticancer drug developed by Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical took centre stage in a late-breaking oral presentation at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress in Madrid last week. Researchers said the drug, iza-bren, showed a significant advantage over platinum-based chemotherapy in a phase 3 randomised, double-blind clinical trial conducted at 73 hospitals in China and involving 432 patients with advanced lung cancer. The median progression-free survival (PFS) – the...

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