Advances of toripalimab for the treatment of melanoma / 中国肿瘤临床

On December 27, 2018, the first domestic anti-PD-1 antibody, toripalimab, was approved by the State Food and Drug Ad-ministration for the treatment of advanced melanoma after the failure of standard treatment. This represented a major breakthrough in the field of biopharmaceuticals in China and laid the foundations for pharmaceutical research and development in the field of tu-mor immunotherapy. In this article, we summarize the clinical research of the treatment of melanoma, the application of toripalimab in this field, and the global development of other anti-PD-1 antibodies, to provide guidance for the research and treatment of melano-ma in China.