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Coherus Announces Updated NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines Positioning LOQTORZI™ (toripalimab-tpzi) as Preferred Category 1 Regimen for First-Line Treatment of Cancer of the Nasopharynx
– NCCN Guidelines recommend LOQTORZI as the only Preferred Category 1 treatment option in first-line treatment for adults with metastatic or recurrent locally
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[{"type":"text","content":"– NCCN Guidelines recommend LOQTORZI as the only Preferred Category 1 treatment option in first-line treatment for adults with metastatic or recurrent locally advanced NPC in combination with chemotherapy; LOQTORZI monotherapy also recommended as the only preferred regimen in subsequent lines of therapy – -– LOQTORZI is the first and only FDA-approved treatment for recurrent or metastatic NPC in all lines of therapy– REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (Coherus, Nasdaq: CHRS) announced today that the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated the clinical practice guidelines for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) to include LOQTORZI™ (toripalimab-tpzi) as a preferred, category 1 first-line treatment option for adults with metastatic or recurrent locally advanced NPC when used in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine. The guidelines also recommend LOQTORZI monotherapy as the only preferred treatment in subsequent lines of therapy if disease progression on or after a platinum-containing therapy. “Inclusion in the NCCN guidelines as a preferred category 1 treatment is an important step forward in treating patients with R/M NPC. We now have a new standard of care for this rare form of head and neck cancer,” said Tarek Mekhail, M.D., Medical Director at AdventHealth Cancer Institute in Orlando, Florida. “Preferred category 1 placement reinforces that LOQTORZI has strong clinical data, including PFS and OS, representing a significant advancement in treating a disease where there have been no FDA-approved options until now.” “NPC is an aggressive and life-threatening form of cancer for which historically there have been limited treatment options. As the first and only FDA-approved treatment for NPC, LOQTORZI has demonstrated the potential to significantly extend survival while slowing disease progression,” said Rosh Dias, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Coherus. “The inclusion of LOQTORZI in the updated NCCN guidelines as the only immunotherapy for use in combination with chemotherapy that is listed as a preferred regimen with a category 1 listing, and as the only preferred regimen for use in subsequent lines of treatment for this disease, further reinforces the clinical benefit of LOQTORZI across all lines of therapy in NPC and should help quickly establish LOQTORZI as the st...