More Surufatinib Cheer For Chi-Med As Second NET Trial Stopped Early

Multi-Modal Candidate Meets Endpoint In Pancreatic Setting

Chi-Med’s surufatinib has come up trumps in a second trial in neuroendocrine tumors, after the monitoring committee recommended an early halt following achievement of its PFS target in the pancreatic setting.

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Hutchison China MediTech Ltd. (Chi-Med) has further strengthened its position for its first planned independent launch in China, after a second trial with anticancer surufatinib was stopped early after meeting its pre-defined primary endpoint of progression free survival (PFS).

The independent data monitoring committee of the Phase III SANET-p pivotal study in patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NET)...

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