Transcenta Announces Orphan Drug Designation Granted to TST001 for Treatment of Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction
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SUZHOU, China, July 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcenta Holding Limited ("Transcenta"), a clinical stage global biotherapeutics company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, development and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to TST001, its anti-Claudin18.2 monoclonal antibody currently in Phase I clinical trial, for the treatment of patients with gastric cancer or gastroesophageal junction (GC/GEJ). According to preclinical and clinical data, TST001 displayed potent anti-tumor activities in tumor model of gastric cancer or patient of gastric cancer expressing Claudin18.2.