Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co LtdNMPA acceptance of sBLA for toripalimab in NSCLC expands potential approved indication.

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences announced that China's National Medical Products Administration has accepted a supplemental biologics license application for toripalimab as perioperative treatment for resectable stage II-III non-small cell lung cancer. The application covers toripalimab combined with platinum-based chemotherapy followed by toripalimab monotherapy. The submission is supported by the Phase III NEOTORCH trial, which enrolled 501 patients and met its primary endpoints of event-free survival and major pathological response in the stage II-III population. Junshi noted that toripalimab plus chemotherapy reduced the surgery cancellation rate to 17.8% compared to 26.7% with chemotherapy alone, and among 314 patients who underwent surgery, the combination achieved higher tumor downstaging and lymph node downstaging rates. Toripalimab is already approved in China for twelve indications and in nearly 50 countries internationally.
Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co LtdNMPA acceptance of sBLA for toripalimab in NSCLC expands potential approved indication.