Oncology, Rare Disease Drugs Dominate New China Approvals

Mix Of Nods For Foreign, Local Firms

Rare disease and cancer treatments are front and center in the latest batch of China new drug approvals, while a new biosimilar of a big seller moves into the spotlight.

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RARE DISEASE, CANCER DRUGS TOP CHINA NEW DRUG APPROVAL LIST • Source: Shutterstock

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare condition and listed in China’s official National Rare Disease List, issued in 2018. On 7 December, a new option for the autosomal dominant genetic disease was approved in the country in the form of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.'s Takhzyro (lanadelumab).

In HAE, also designated as a rare disease in Europe and the US, nearly half of patients develop upper respiratory tract mucosal edema, which leads to life-threatening suffocation

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