Within a month of obtaining its global first approval in China, Hua Medicine's dorzagliatin is already available in hospitals. What was behind the successful launch of the first-in-class diabetes agent, what are reimbursement plans and how will local commercialization partner Bayer help? Founder and CEO Li Chen sits down to discuss these and other strategies.
Hua Medicine (Shanghai) Ltd. obtained the first approval globally for its novel diabetes drug Huatangning (dorzagliatin) in China last September and soon launched it to market.
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