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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Innovent Pemazyre OKd for Cholangiocarcinoma

  Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Innovent) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of cancer, metabolic, autoimmune and other major diseases announced that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Pemazyre® (pemigatinib) for the treatment of adults with locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma with a fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) fusion or rearrangement as confirmed by a validated diagnostic test that have progressed after at least one prior line of systemic therapy.

Pemazyre®, discovered by Incyte and licensed to Innovent for development and commercialization in Mainland China, Hong KongMacau and Taiwan markets, is the first selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma, a type of biliary tract cancer, in China, representing a new milestone following its approval in Hong Kong market in January 2022, and in the Taiwan market in June 2021.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/innovent-announces-approval-pemazyre-pemigatinib-044000822.html

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