HUTCHMED (China) (HKG:0013) received approval for a New Drug Application (NDA) for a combination of drugs for treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a Wednesday filing with the Hong Kong bourse.
The combination of Orpathys and Tagrisso is used to treat patients with advanced or metastatic NSCLC that has EGFR mutations and MET amplification, especially after cancer progresses following initial EGFR inhibitor treatment.
The pharmaceutical shares were up by 5% in recent trading.