BeOne Medicines makes Brukinsa, the leading BTK inhibitor, and tislelizumab, and is the Asia partner for zanidatamab.
BeOne Medicines, formerly BeiGene, based in Basel and Beijing and listed as ONC, makes Brukinsa, or zanubrutinib, the leading BTK inhibitor, and tislelizumab, and is the Asia partner for zanidatamab. Its pipeline includes sonrotoclax, a BCL-2 inhibitor, and the BTK degrader BGB-16673, with the RATIONALE-302 trial linked, and John Oyler and Jie Wang among the people connected. OnCo links it to chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, mantle cell and follicular lymphoma, gastric and nasopharyngeal cancer, and to bottlenecks on acquired resistance, regulatory divergence and unrepresentative trials, which its China-to-global model bears on. Whether a BTK degrader can overcome resistance to its own BTK inhibitor is the open question. Zanubrutinib and zanidatamab have their own pages.
| Date | Deal | Type | Upfront | Total | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-11 | BeOne Medicines (formerly BeiGene) to Novartis Tislelizumab, anti-PD-1 antibody | Licence | $650m | up to $2.2bn | source |
Zanidatamab (Ziihera) is an antibody that grabs HER2 at two different spots, approved for HER2+ bile duct cancer.
BGB-43395 is an experimental small-molecule drug from BeOne Medicines in phase 3 trials for HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer, with its target not yet stated publicly.
Pamiparib is an oral parp inhibitor from BeiGene, in registered phase 3 trials for ovarian cancer.
Instead of blocking BTK, this pill destroys it, so it works even when the enzyme has mutated to escape every inhibitor.
Sonrotoclax is a more potent, shorter-acting successor to venetoclax. It was approved for mantle cell lymphoma in May 2026 and is in late-stage trials with zanubrutinib for CLL.
A Chinese-developed PD-1 blocker, engineered to avoid a side-channel that may blunt other PD-1 drugs, now approved in the US and EU for oesophageal and stomach cancer.
Zanubrutinib is the only BTK blocker to beat ibrutinib on both efficacy and safety in a head-to-head trial. It is now the most prescribed BTK inhibitor in CLL.
Led the RATIONALE trials of tislelizumab in lung cancer and many other Chinese registrational NSCLC studies.
John Oyler co-founded BeiGene in Beijing in 2010 and built it into the first China-born biotech to run global trials, win FDA approvals and out-sell Western rivals with zanubrutinib.
Shares Study of BGB-11417 Monotherapy in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma, A Study to Investigate Efficacy and Safety of BCL2 Inhibitor Sonrotoclax as Monotherapy and in Combination With Zanubrutinib in Adults With Waldenström Macroglobulinemia, A Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Sonrotoclax Plus Zanubrutinib Compared With Placebo Plus Zanubrutinib in Adults With Relapsed/Refrac, A Study to Investigate the Safety of Novel Dose Ramp-up Schedule(s) When Initiating Sonrotoclax in Participants Treated for Blood Cancers..
Shares A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Tacabrutideg (BGB-16673) Compared to Pirtobrutinib in Adults With Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Study of BGB-11417 in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, A Study of BGB-16673 Compared to Investigator's Choice in Participants With Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Previously Exposed to Covalent Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) Inhibitors, A Study to Investigate Progression-Free Survival With Sonrotoclax Plus Obinutuzumab Or Sonrotoclax Plus Rituximab Compared With Venetoclax Plus Rituximab Treatment In Patients With Relapsed and/or Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CELESTIAL-RRCLL).
Shares ALPINE, CaDAnCe-304, BGB-16673, CELESTIAL-TNCLL.
Shares A Study to Investigate Safety and Effectiveness of Tacabrutideg (BGB-16673) in Combination With Other Agents in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory B-Cell Malignancies, A Study of BGB-16673 Compared to Investigator's Choice in Participants With Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Previously Exposed to Covalent Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) Inhibitors, A Study of Zanubrutinib Plus Anti-CD20 Versus Lenalidomide Plus Rituximab in Participants With Relapsed/Refractory Follicular or Marginal Zone Lymphom, A Study to Investigate Progression-Free Survival With Sonrotoclax Plus Obinutuzumab Or Sonrotoclax Plus Rituximab Compared With Venetoclax Plus Rituximab Treatment In Patients With Relapsed and/or Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CELESTIAL-RRCLL).
Shares A Study to Investigate Sonrotoclax Combined With Zanubrutinib Versus Zanubrutinib Alone in Participants With Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, A Study to Investigate Sonrotoclax (BGB-11417) Plus Zanubrutinib (BGB-3111) Compared With Venetoclax Plus Acalabrutinib in Adults With Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, CaDAnCe-304, CELESTIAL-TNCLL.
Shares A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Tacabrutideg (BGB-16673) Compared to Pirtobrutinib in Adults With Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, CaDAnCe-304, Waldenström macroglobulinaemia, Acquired resistance to every therapy.
Shares A Study of BGB-16673 Compared to Investigator's Choice in Participants With Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Previously Exposed to Covalent Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) Inhibitors, A Study of Tacabrutideg (BGB-16673) Compared to Investigator's Choice in Participants With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Previously Exposed to Both Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) and B-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma 2 Protein (BCL2) Inhibitors, A Study to Investigate the Efficacy of Zanubrutinib Plus Rituximab Compared With Bendamustine Plus Rituximab in Adults With Previously Untreated Mantl, Waldenström macroglobulinaemia.
Shares CaDAnCe-304, BGB-16673, Sonrotoclax, Acquired resistance to every therapy.