Lisata Therapeutics and Qilu Pharmaceutical Announce First Patient Treated in Qilu’s Phase 2 Trial in China of LSTA1 in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. and JINAN, China, April 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lisata Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:LSTA) (“Lisata” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of advanced solid tumors and other serious diseases, and Qilu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Qilu”), one of the leading vertically integrated pharmaceutical companies in China that develops, manufactures, and distributes both finished products and active pharmaceutical ingredients, announced that the first patient has been treated in Qilu’s Phase 2 trial in China evaluating LSTA1 (also known as “CEND-1”), Lisata’s lead product candidate, in combination with standard-of-care (“SoC”) chemotherapy as a first-line treatment for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (“mPDAC”).