HONG KONG, Jun 15, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - On June 14, two of Legend Capital's portfolio companies, Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") and PT Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia ("Etana"), jointly announced that the Indonesian Food and Drugs Authority (BPOM) had approved Bevagen (bevacizumab biosimilar), a recombinant humanized anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody drug for five indications including metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC), advanced non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC), ovarian cancer (OC), and cervical cancer(CC). Under the approval of the BPOM, Bevagen will potentially be the first Chinese antibody drug to be marketed and locally produced in Southeast Asia.Dr. Michael Yu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Innovent, said, "We are pleased that under the strategic collaboration with Etana, the approval of Bevagen in Indonesia marked a meaningful step toward bringing Innovent's innovative portfolio into the global market, benefitting patients globally. Pairing Etana's commercial expertise in the local Indonesian market with Bevagen's clinical profile, high-quality production and relative affordability, we are confident t...