French pharma major Sanofi (Euronext: SAN) and US biotech Regeneron (Nasdaq: REGN) have announced data on a checkpoint inhibitor that suggests that they could be the latest player to gain a foothold in this burgeoning oncology space.
While the positive top-line results on cemiplimab are only from a Phase II study on 82 patients, they are in advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC), the second deadliest skin cancer after melanoma, and a disease without any approved therapies in the USA.
"We continue to evaluate cemiplimab both as monotherapy and combination across a number of solid tumor and blood cancers"
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