Transcenta’s Osemitamab (TST001) Targeting Claudin18.2 Granted Orphan Drug Designation for Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
SUZHOU, China, Mar. 29, 2023, Transcenta Holding Limited ("Transcenta") (HKEX: 06628), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, research, development and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Osemitamab (TST001), its high affinity humanized ADCC-enhanced anti-Claudin18.2 monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer. This is the second Orphan Drug Designation for Osemitamab (TST001), following its designation in 2021 for the treatment of gastric cancer and gastroesophageal junction cancer.