China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) granted new approvals to several Chinese biopharmaceuticals this week, including expanding indications of four different cancer drugs and clearing one sublingual tablet for stroke.
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) granted new approvals to several Chinese biopharmaceuticals this week, including expanding indications of four different cancer drugs and clearing one sublingual tablet for stroke.
Amidst a slew of end-of-week, positive EMA Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) opinions is Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s Fruzaqla (fruquintinib). The selective inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors-1, -2 and -3 is for adults with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer.
Amidst a slew of end-of-week, positive EMA Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) opinions is Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s Fruzaqla (fruquintinib). The selective inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors-1, -2 and -3 is for adults with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer.
Hong Kong’s Hutchmed (China) Ltd. reported mixed phase III results of fruquintinib as a second-line combination therapy for advanced gastric cancer on Feb. 6, with the oral vascular endothelial growth factor receptor inhibitor hitting just one co-primary endpoint.
Hong Kong’s Hutchmed (China) Ltd. reported mixed phase III results of fruquintinib as a second-line combination therapy for advanced gastric cancer on Feb. 6, with the oral vascular endothelial growth factor receptor inhibitor hitting just one co-primary endpoint.
The U.S. FDA approved Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s Fruzaqla (fruquintinib) nearly 20 days ahead of its Nov. 30 PDUFA date for adults with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer. “Fruzaqla is the first targeted therapy approved in the U.S. for mCRC regardless of biomarker status or prior types of therapies in more than a decade,” Stefanie Granado, head of Takeda’s U.S. Oncology business unit, told BioWorld.
The U.S. FDA approved Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s Fruzaqla (fruquintinib) nearly 20 days ahead of its Nov. 30 PDUFA date for adults with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer. “Fruzaqla is the first targeted therapy approved in the U.S. for mCRC regardless of biomarker status or prior types of therapies in more than a decade,” Stefanie Granado, head of Takeda’s U.S. Oncology business unit, told BioWorld.
Hutchmed (China) Ltd.’s sovleplenib (HMPL-523) met the primary endpoint of durable response rate and all secondary endpoints in the pivotal phase III trial in adults with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in China.
Hutchmed (China) Ltd.’s sovleplenib (HMPL-523) met the primary endpoint of durable response rate and all secondary endpoints in the pivotal phase III trial in adults with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in China.
