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Blincyto: animal efficacy model or human cells?

blinatumomab · CD19 x CD3
Efficacy evidence
Blinatumomab in NOD/SCID mouse tumor xenograft models
“Table 1. Summary of in vivo studies in NOD/SCID mice xenograft models”
✓ VerifiedEMA assessment report, p. 22Source ↗
Why that model
Blinatumomab binds only human and chimpanzee CD3/CD19, not mouse, rat, dog or other monkey PBMC
“Blinatumomab bound to B and T lymphocytes from human and chimpanzee peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) but it did not bind to PBMC from the mouse, rat, beagle dog, squirrel monkey, African Green monkey, cynomolgus monkey, rhesus monkey, and baboon.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 12Source ↗
Reviewer's view of the efficacy data
EMA: in vitro redirected lysis of CD19+ tumor cell lines and patient tumor samples, specific to target-expressing cells
“In vitro functional assays showed blinatumomab-mediated redirected lysis of CD19 positive cell tumours (adult and paediatric cell lines) as well as patient tumour samples. This cytotoxic activity was specific since it could only be observed in the presence of target-expressing cells”
✓ VerifiedEMA assessment report, p. 30Source ↗

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zanidatamab · HER2 x HER2 (biparatopic)
HER2 3+ xenografts in nude mice (SKOV-3, NCI-N87, patient-derived GXA 3054); no effect in HER2-negative model

Summary across all 18 bispecifics →