A unit of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (SHA:600196, HKG:2196) unit obtained approval from China's National Medical Products Administration for the clinical trial of Foritinib Succinate Capsules, a Monday Hong Kong bourse filing said.
The trial will study the drug for adjuvant treatment following the radical resection of tumor in patients with stage IB to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.
Unit Fosun Wanbang (Jiangsu) Pharmaceutical Group will begin the phase III trial of the drug once the relevant conditions are met.