United Laboratories International Holdings (HKG:3933) said its subsidiary's UBT251 drug received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for a Phase II clinical trial targeting chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a Monday filing with the Hong Kong Exchange.
Based on the preclinical obesity/diabetic nephropathy pharmacodynamic model, UBT251
demonstrated "significantly superior overall improvement effects on renal urinary albumin and
other related renal injury markers and histopathology than Semaglutide," United Laboratories said.
UBT251, developed by United Laboratories subsidiary The United Bio-Technology (Hengqin), received clinical trial authorization in China in January for the same indication.