SHANGHAI – Canbridge Life Sciences Ltd., a privately held biopharma in Beijing, has in-licensed AV-203, a clinical-stage ErbB3 (HER3) inhibitory antibody candidate from Aveo Oncology Inc., of Cambridge, Mass. While the candidate has been tested in numerous tumor models, Canbridge will develop AV-203 in esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC), the most prevalent form of esophageal cancer especially in China where half of all new cases arise.