tislelizumab   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 9592

Synonyms: Bai Zean® | BGB-A317 | BGBA317 | hu317-1/IgG4mt2 | Tevimbra® | tislelizumab-jsgr
Approved drug Immunopharmacology Ligand
tislelizumab is an approved drug (China (2019), EMA (2023), FDA (2024))
Compound class: Antibody
Comment: Tislelizumab (BGB-A317) is a humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody targeting the PD-1 immune checkpoint [5]. It contains an alternative hinge region compared to other IgG4 anti-PD-1 antibodies, and subsequently does not induce the crosslinking between PD-1 and FcγRI that is observed for existing agents and which is believed to negatively impact on anti-PD-1 antibody-mediated anti-cancer activity. This modified profile is predicted to enhance tislelizumab's clinical efficacy [5]. Like other anti-PD-1 antibodies tislelizumab acts to prevent the binding of the ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2 to PD-1. Tislelizumab is an immuno-oncology drug candidate that was originally developed by Beigene (see their patent US8735553B1 [4]), and Novartis announced that they had acquired the rights to tislelizumab in major markets outside China in January 2021.
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References
1. Chen J, Zhang H, Zhu L, Zhao Y, Ding Y, Yuan Y. (2020)
Tislelizumab for the treatment of classical Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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2. Desai J, Markman B, Sandhu SK, Gan HK, Friedlander M, Tran B, Meniawy T, Boolell V, Colyer D, Norris C et al.
A phase I dose-escalation study of BGB-A317, an anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) mAb in patients with advanced solid tumors.
Accessed on 06/06/2017. Modified on 06/06/2017. http://meetinglibrary.asco.org, http://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/125804/abstract
3. Lee A, Keam SJ. (2020)
Tislelizumab: First Approval.
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4. Li K, Zhang T, Song J, Xu L, Liu Q, Peng H. (2014)
Anti-PD1 antibodies and their use as therapeutics and diagnostics.
Patent number: US8735553B1. Assignee: Beigene Ltd. Priority date: 13/09/2013. Publication date: 27/05/2014.
5. Zhang T, Song X, Xu L, Ma J, Zhang Y, Gong W, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Wang Z, Wang Y et al.. (2018)
The binding of an anti-PD-1 antibody to FcγRΙ has a profound impact on its biological functions.
Cancer Immunol Immunother, 67 (7): 1079-1090. [PMID:29687231]