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HUTCHMED Switches Clinical Strategy To Rely On Partnerships For Late-Stage Assets In US

 
• By Dexter Jie Yan

Having initiated China-only Phase III trials with three oncology and autoimmune drug candidates, HUTCHMED is looking for partnerships to take the molecules to the clinic in the US.

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HUTCHMED seeks partnerships to advance three molecules into the clinic outside of China. • Source: Shutterstock

Aiming to become profitable in 2025, HUTCHMED (China) Limited is likely to move away from running costly late-stage international clinical trials by itself, primarily in the US, and is instead seeking partnerships to advance three molecules into the clinic outside of China, company executives said during the group's R&D Day on 9 July.

Key Takeaways

  • HUTCHMED has initiated China-only Phase III or II/III clinical trials with three molecules, namely IDH 1 and IDH 2 dual inhibitor HMPL-306, Syk inhibitor sovleplenib and VEGFR/FGFR inhibitor surufatinib.

The new approach is mostly pronounced in the clinical development of its isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) 1 and IDH 2 dual...

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