Announcement • Jun 10
Hengrui Pharma Presents More Than 90 Oncology Studies At ASCO 2026 Highlighting Progress Across Multiple Tumor Types Hengrui Pharma presented more than 90 studies spanning multiple tumor types and therapeutic modalities. At 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting, Hengrui Pharma presented 91 accepted studies and 11 oral presentations featuring innovative therapies. For 16 consecutive years, Hengrui has shared data from its oncology portfolio at the ASCO Annual Meeting. This year, the company's research program encompasses multiple key areas, including gastrointestinal cancers, breast cancer, lung cancer, urological cancers, gynecological cancers, and supportive cancer care, covering 11 approved medicines, 10 pipeline candidates, and one Class 2 new drug (NMPA classification). For triple-negative breast cancer, the HELEN-Trio 011 study showed that the pathological complete response (pCR) rate for neoadjuvant therapy with camrelizumab combined with chemotherapy reached 57.5%, significantly outperforming the pCR of 45.4% observed with chemotherapy alone. In the field of neoadjuvant therapy for HER2-positive early breast cancer, the HELEN HER-013 study was the first to demonstrate that the chemotherapy-de-escalated regimen of nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel, trastuzumab, and the tyrosine kinase inhibitor pyrotinib (nab-PHPy) is noninferior to standard TCHP, offering a new treatment option for patients who cannot tolerate severe hematologic toxicity. In the field of colorectal cancer, the HORIZON-CRC01 study demonstrated that the new-generation anti-HER2 ADC, trastuzumab rezetecan, when used to treat patients with HER2-positive, RAS and RAF wild-type advanced colorectal cancer who have progressed after standard second-line therapy, achieved a median progression-free survival (PFS) of 5.5 months, compared to 2.8 months with standard-of-care (SOC), suggesting a potential new treatment option for patients whose disease has progressed following standard therapies. In the field of hepatocellular carcinoma, the phase III CARES-336 trial demonstrated that the combination of camrelizumab plus rivoceranib with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) significantly improved median progression-free survival (PFS) versus TACE alone (11.1 vs. 8.3 months; BICR-assessed per mRECIST). This triplet regimen represents a new benchmark for systemic-combined locoregional therapy for patients with unresectable HCC (uHCC). The FUZUPRO study demonstrated that first-line treatment with fluzoparib combined with abiraterone acetate and prednisone for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) resulted in a median radiographic PFS of 24.8 months, compared to 19.9 months with the standard regimen. Another study demonstrated that the anti-Nectin-4 ADC SHR-A2102 combined with adebrelimab achieved a pCR of 48.1% and a pathological downstaging rate of 59.3% in the perioperative treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer, including those with renal dysfunction. The Phase III PROTECT study demonstrated that Fosrolapitant and Palonosetron Hydrochloride for Injection—a novel, ultra-long-acting antiemetic developed in-house by Hengrui—achieved significantly higher complete response rates than the standard regimen during the acute, delayed, and overall phases for the prevention of nausea and vomiting induced by moderately emetogenic chemotherapy. Hengrui Pharma currently markets 16 approved oncology medicines in China and is advancing nearly 60 oncology candidates across its research portfolio. The company is conducting more than 150 clinical trials worldwide across its key oncology development programs. Hengrui's expanding presence at the ASCO Annual Meeting reflects continued progress across its oncology pipeline and broader clinical development efforts. The company's research presentations this year span multiple tumor types and therapeutic modalities, highlighting both approved medicines and investigational candidates across its oncology portfolio. 
