Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Secures Approval for First Radionuclide-Drug Conjugate (RDC) Clinical Trial in China

26 March 2025 | Wednesday | News

The Center for Drug Evaluation of the National Medical Products Administration has approved the clinical trial application for SKB107 (formerly TBM-001), an RDC drug co-developed with Southwest Medical University, targeting bone metastases in solid tumors with enhanced precision and safety.
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Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (the "Company") announced that the Company has received a clinical trial notice approving the investigational new drug application for a radionuclide-drug conjugate (RDC) drug SKB107 (formerly TBM-001) from the Center for Drug Evaluation of the National Medical Products Administration. SKB107 is the first company RDC drug clinical project.

SKB107 is jointly developed by the Company and Professor Chen Yue's team of the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University (the "Affiliated Hospital of SMU"). It utilizes a small molecule as the targeting ligand, combined with a suitable conjugation technology, chelator, and therapeutic radionuclide, and is intended to be used for treatment of bone metastases in solid tumors. Compared with traditional external radiation therapy, the RDC drug SKB107 can benefit patients with systemic multiple bone metastases and is highly targeted, which can reduce the damage to normal tissues, and is expected to show good safety; and compared with traditional bone-modifying drugs, it can effectively kill tumor cells with bone metastases, and is expected to have potential for the treatment of bone metastases efficacy.

The Company entered into an exclusive license agreement with the Affiliated Hospital of SMU for a RDC drug SKB107 on Sept. 14, 2023.

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