MediLink Announces Global Clinical Trial Collaboration
MediLink Therapeutics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. („MediLink“), a clinical-stage biotech company, today announced a global clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Amgen Inc. Amgen will lead a global clinical study to evaluate the therapeutic potential of the combination of MediLink’s B7-H3-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) YL201 and Amgen’s DLL3- and CD3-targeting bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE®) IMDELLTRA™ in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) under the clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement. MediLink will provide the investigational drug YL201 for the combination study. This open-label, global, multi-center Phase Ib clinical study is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of this combination regimen in ES-SCLC patients. Both YL201 and IMDELLTRA™ have shown potential in ES-SCLC. In May of this year, IMDELLTRA™ received accelerated approval from the FDA and is currently marketed in the US for the treatment of adult patients…

