HUTCHMED Announces Breakthrough Therapy Designation in China for ORPATHYS® and TAGRISSO® Combination in Certain Lung Cancer Patients After Disease Progression on EGFR Inhibitor Therapy

HONG KONG and SHANGHAI and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Dec. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED”) (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13) today announces that the Center for Drug Evaluation of China’s National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (“BTD”) to the combination of ORPATHYS^® (savolitinib) and TAGRISSO^® (osimertinib) for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor (“EGFR”) mutation‑positive non‑small cell lung cancer (“NSCLC”) with MET amplification after disease progression on EGFR inhibitor therapy. ORPATHYS^® is an oral, potent and highly selective MET tyrosine kinase inhibitor (“TKI”). TAGRISSO^® is a third-generation, irreversible EGFR TKI.

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