Hutchmed discovered fruquintinib, the first Chinese cancer drug approved by the FDA for a common cancer, and savolitinib, its MET inhibitor partnered with AstraZeneca.
Shanghai discovery engine with three NMPA-approved originals: fruquintinib (colorectal 2018; FDA approval November 2023 after Takeda licensed ex-China rights for $400 million upfront), surufatinib (neuroendocrine tumours 2020) and savolitinib (MET exon 14 NSCLC 2021, with AstraZeneca). Also sovleplenib (Syk) and tazemetostat rights in China. Its FDA approval of fruquintinib in a global population (FRESCO-2) showed the route Chinese drugs must take: a multiregional confirmatory trial.
A Chinese-discovered pill that blocks the blood-vessel receptors, approved in 2023 for bowel cancer after all standard treatments.
Savolitinib is a Chinese-discovered pill that blocks the MET growth signal, approved in China for lung cancers with a MET exon 14 mutation and being tested worldwide with osimertinib.
Surufatinib is HUTCHMED's angio-immuno kinase inhibitor, approved in China in 2020 for non-pancreatic and in 2021 for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours.
HMPL-306 is an experimental small-molecule drug from Hutchmed in phase 3 trials for acute myeloid leukaemia, aimed at IDH1 / IDH2.
HMPL-453 is an experimental small-molecule drug from Hutchmed in phase 3 trials for biliary tract cancer, aimed at FGFR2.
HMPL-760 is an experimental small-molecule drug from Hutchmed in phase 3 trials for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, with its target not yet stated publicly.
IAH0968 is an experimental small-molecule drug from SUNHO(China)BioPharmaceutical CO. in phase 3 trials for gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer, aimed at HER2.
LB1410 is an experimental bispecific antibody from L & L Bio, Ningbo, China in phase 2 trials, aimed at PD-1 and TIM-3.
LB4330 is an experimental fusion protein from L & L Bio, Ningbo, China in phase 2 trials, aimed at Claudin 18.2.
Samantha Du founded Zai Lab in 2014 to license Western cancer drugs for China, bringing niraparib, zanidatamab and Tumour Treating Fields to Chinese patients years earlier than they would otherwise have arrived.
Weiguo Su led the Shanghai chemistry that produced fruquintinib, savolitinib and surufatinib, three Chinese-discovered cancer pills approved at home and, for fruquintinib, in the US.
Shares Samantha Du (Du Ying) and the tag china.
Shares Study of Fruquintinib Plus Sintilimab for Treatment of Advanced Endometrial Cancer and the tag china.
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Shares IAH0968, To Evaluate IAH0968 in Combination With CAPEOX in HER2-positive Gastric Cancer.