Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical's (SHA:600196, HKG:2196) unit, Fosun Wanbang (Jiangsu) Pharmaceutical Group, has secured approval from China's National Medical Products Administration to register its foritinib succinate capsules, according to a Hong Kong stock exchange filing on Thursday.
The drug is primarily used to treat non-small cell lung cancer patients that are anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive and those with non-small cell lung cancer (ROS1+), the pharmaceutical company said.
Shares of Fosun Pharma rose over 2% in Hong Kong and nearly 1% in Shanghai in recent trading.