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One To Watch: Chi-Med Approaches Inflection Points

 
• By Eleanor Malone

Hutchison China MediTech, or Chi-Med, will report pivotal or proof of concept data for savolitinib, fruquintinib and two other tyrosine kinase inhibitor candidates by Q1 2017. Having built a global cancer and inflammation R&D pipeline on the back of what started out 16 years ago as a domestic commercial botanicals business based in China, Chi-Med is now one to watch.

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Chi-Med facility • Source: Chi-Med

Hutchison China MediTech Ltd., better known as Chi-Med, is uniquely positioned as a global pharma R&D company based in China, supported by a profitable domestic prescription and OTC drugs business, with listings on both London’s AIM market and Nasdaq. Led for 16 years by British CEO Christian Hogg, the firm counts AstraZeneca PLC and Eli Lilly & Co. as partners and has global ambitions for its R&D pipeline, built around selective kinase inhibitors for cancer and inflammatory indications.

Some of those ambitions are approaching key inflection points, with major data publication catalysts expected for four of its candidates...

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