Hutchison China, AstraZeneca Say Drug Shows Potential to Treat Lung Cancer
17 October 2017 - 8:23PM
Dow Jones News
By Carlo Martuscelli
Hutchison China MediTech Ltd. (HCM.LN) and AstraZeneca PLC
(AZN.LN) said jointly Tuesday that the drug savolitinib
administered in conjunction with other drugs showed preliminary
antitumor activity based on preliminary results of two clinical
trials.
China MediTech discovered savolitinib and is developing the drug
in cooperation with AstraZeneca. The two studies examined how the
drug interacts with osimertinib and gefitinib--drugs trademarked by
AstraZeneca--in the treatment of lung cancer.
More specifically, the studies observed how the drugs interacted
with patients' epidermal growth factor receptor mutation-positive
non-small cell lung cancer.
The results were presented at the World Conference on Lung
Cancer in Yokohama, Japan.
Write to Carlo Martuscelli at carlo.martuscelli@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 17, 2017 05:08 ET (09:08 GMT)
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