The US Food and Drug Administration approved CSPC Pharmaceutical's (HKG:1093) clinical trials for its SYH2051 for advanced solid tumors, according to a Thursday filing with the Hong Kong exchange.
The drug is an ataxia telangiectasia mutated or ATM inhibitor, which delays the repair of DNA double-strand breaks in tumor cells, the filing said.
SYH2051 showed good selectivity of ATM targets, according to the filing.
The drug also obtained China approval for clinical trials in June 2023.
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