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Simcere Approved to Launch Myelosuppression-Prevention Drug in China

publication date: Jul 18, 2022

Simcere Pharma was conditionally approved to market Cosela® to reduce myelosuppression in patients who are treated with platinum/etoposide for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer. Cosela, a first-in-class drug, has a reversible CDK4/6 inhibitor that puts CDK4/6-dependent cells (hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells) into temporary arrest at the G1 phase of the cell cycle, reducing damage during chemotherapy. In 2020, Simcere in-licensed China rights to Cosela from G1 Therapeutics of North Carolina in a $170 million agreement. The drug was approved for US use last year. More details....

Stock Symbols: (HK: 02096) (NSDQ: GTHX)

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