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BeyondSpring CEO On Plinabulin's Dual Regulatory Pathway For US and China

 
• By Sten Stovall

BeyondSpring’s lead clinical asset, plinabulin, is currently in late-stage global registrational studies for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and treatment of lung cancer, with read-outs expected soon.  CEO Lan Huang discussed coming catalysts and their potential with Scrip.

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A Key Coming Catalyst For Plinabulin Is In Treating chemotherapy-induced neutropenia • Source: Shutterstock

BeyondSpring Inc. says it remains on track to submit a new drug application for its lead asset plinabulin to the China's FDA either in the fourth quarter or early in 2019 for treating chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and in the first half of 2019 for non-small cell lung cancer, subject to positive results from ongoing late-stage studies, the company's CEO Lan Huang told Scrip.

The US NDA for treating chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) is planned for submission in 2019, and that for non-small cell lung cancer in 2020, she added in an interview when outlining...

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