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SystImmune, Inc. and Bristol Myers Squibb Announce First Global Phase I Results of Iza-bren, an EGFR x HER3 Bispecific Antibody-Drug Conjugate, in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors at ESMO 2025

*October 2025*

REDMOND, Wash. and PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — SystImmune Inc. (SystImmune), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, and Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced the oral presentation of the first disclosure of the safety and efficacy data from the global phase I US-Lung-101 study (NCT05983432) of iza-bren (BL-B01D1), a potentially first-in-class EGFR x HER3 bispecific antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Iza-bren is jointly developed by SystImmune and Bristol Myers Squibb under a collaboration and exclusive license agreement in territories outside of Mainland China. In August 2025, iza-bren was granted breakthrough therapy designation by U.S. FDA for patients with previously treated EGFR-mutated NSCLC based on the data from China studies and this global study.

This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of iza-bren in global patients with heavily pre-treated metastatic or unresectable advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and other solid tumors. At the data cut-off (DCO) of July 23, 2025, iza-bren has demonstrated:

  • Promising antitumor activity in heavily pre-treated patients across multiple tumor types, including EGFR mutant and wildtype NSCLC
  • Manageable safety profile, with hematologic adverse events effectively managed by standard medical measures, and no interstitial lung disease was observed

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