Sorrento and 3SBio Announce CAR-T Joint Venture in China

“We are pleased that 3SBio, a leading biotechnology company in China, has recognized the value of our CAR-T technologies and we look forward to working with them to advance the development of our novel anti-cancer cellular therapies,” said Dr. Henry Ji, President and CEO of Sorrento.
“3SBio is committed to introducing innovative biologic medicines for unmet medical needs in China and we look forward to collaborating with Sorrento to advance our CAR-T program into clinical trials in China. CAR-T technology is an important and promising approach to treating cancers, particularly for patients in advanced or metastatic stages of the disease. Our first candidate is aimed at CEA-positive cancers, which include colorectal, lung, liver and breast cancers,” commented Dr. Jing Lou, Chairman and CEO of 3SBio.
About Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. 
Sorrento is an antibody-centric, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing new treatments for cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases. Sorrento’s lead products are multiple late-stage biosimilar and biobetter antibodies, as well as clinical CAR-T therapies targeting solid tumors.
About 3SBio
3SBio is a fully-integrated biotechnology company in China with market-leading biopharmaceutical franchises in oncology, auto-immune diseases, nephrology and dermatology.  TPIAO, the only commercialized recombinant human thrombopoietin (“rhTPO”) product in the world; Yisaipu, the first-to-market recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-α receptor II (TNFR) – IgG Fc fusion protein for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis; and EPIAO and SEPO, recombinant human erythropoietin (“rhEPO”) products.  3SBio is focused on building an innovative product pipeline, with over 20 National Class 1 candidates under development. 3SBio manufacturing capabilities include recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies and chemically synthesized molecules, with production centers in Shenyang, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen and Cuomo, Italy. 3SBio is actively pursuing international expansion through acquisition, licensing and partnerships.
Please visit www.3sbio.com for additional information.
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