CSPC Pharmaceutical (HKG:1093) said the Anbenitamab Injection has met the primary endpoint in a phase III study and demonstrated improved total pathological complete response, according to a Tuesday Hong Kong bourse filing.
Shares of the pharmaceutical firm were up over 6% in Wednesday afternoon trading.
The Anbenitamab Injection is co-developed by CSPC Pharmaceutical's unit Shanghai JMT-BIO Technology and Alphamab Oncology's (HKG:9966) subsidiary Jiangsu Alphamab Oncology.
The trial is studying the drug in combination with Docetaxel for Injection for the treatment of HER2-positive early or locally advanced breast cancer.