Innovent, Lilly: Sintilimab in China National Reimbursement Drug List for 3 Indications

 Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, metabolic, autoimmune and other major diseases, and Eli Lilly and Company ("Lilly") (NYSE: LLY), announce that the innovative PD-1 inhibitor sintilimab has been successfully included in the updated National Reimbursement Drug List ("NRDL") for all approved indications, according to the latest announcement from the China National Healthcare Security Administration ("NHSA"). The updated NRDL will officially take effect on January 1, 2022.

A total of four approved indications for sintilimab are now included in the updated NRDL:

• Three indications for sintilimab have been included in the NRDL for the first time, as follows: in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of advanced or recurrent nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (nsq NSCLC) without sensitizing EGFR mutations or ALK rearrangements; in combination with gemcitabine and platinum chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of advanced or recurrent squamous non-small cell lung cancer (sq NSCLC); and in combination with BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection) for the first-line treatment of unresectable or advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
• An indication for relapsed or refractory classic Hodgkin's lymphoma (cHL) after two lines or later of systemic chemotherapy, which was first included in the NRDL in 2019, has been successfully renewed this year.

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