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— Approval based on Phase III SACHI Trial results which showed a 66% reduced risk of progression or death as compared to platinum-based chemotherapy —

— The only all-oral combination treatment option for these patients —

— Consistent benefit regardless of first-line EGFR inhibitor therapy —

 

Hong Kong, Shanghai & Florham Park, NJ —  Monday, June 30, 2025: HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED”) (Nasdaq/AIM:​HCM; HKEX:​13) today announces that the New Drug Application (“NDA”) for the combination of ORPATHYS® (savolitinib) and TAGRISSO® (osimertinib) has been granted approval by the China National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”) for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor (“EGFR”) mutation-positive non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (“NSCLC”) with MET amplification after disease progression on EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (“TKI”) therapy. ORPATHYS® is an oral, potent and highly selective MET TKI. TAGRISSO® is a third-generation, irreversible EGFR TKI. This approval also triggers a US$11 million milestone payment from AstraZeneca, which markets both ORPATHYS® and TAGRISSO® in China.

 

ORPATHYS® was the first selective MET inhibitor approved in China, indicated for adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC with MET exon 14 skipping alteration. This new approval by the NMPA was based on data from the SACHI Phase III trial of the ORPATHYS® and TAGRISSO® combination (NCT05015608), having met the pre-defined primary endpoint of progression-free survival (“PFS”) in a pre-planned interim analysis. Primary results were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (“ASCO”) Annual Meeting in June 2025. In 2024 the NMPA designated the combination as a Breakthrough Therapy, and in 2025 it granted the NDA Priority Review.

 

Professor Shun Lu, Chief of the Shanghai Lung Cancer Center at Shanghai Chest Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Principal Investigator of the SACHI trial, said, “The approval of the ORPATHYS® and TAGRISSO® combination is a significant milestone in addressing the complex challenges of lung cancer treatment in China, where the EGFR mutation is common amongst NSCLC patients. For patients who develop MET amplification after progressing on EGFR inhibitors, the combination offers a continued all-oral, chemotherapy-free approach to tackle a critical resistance mechanism. As a researcher and clinician, I am excited about the opportunity to offer this targeted therapy to patients, improving their treatment outcomes and quality of life through innovative research.”

 

“The NMPA approval marks an important step forward in our mission to address MET-driven progression following first-line EGFR-inhibitor therapy in NSCLC patients.” said Dr Weiguo Su, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of HUTCHMED. “Our collaboration with AstraZeneca, built on a shared vision to transform oncology care, has been crucial in reaching this achievement. We are committed to advancing this partnership, continuing our research into further treatment settings, and bringing this innovative combination to patients in China and beyond.”

 

Ms Mary Guan, General Manager of AstraZeneca China Oncology Business, said: “This milestone marks the third indication of ORPATHYS® approved in China, bringing a new treatment option to lung cancer patients who develop MET amplification after progressing on EGFR inhibitor therapy. Through our partnership with HUTCHMED, we are committed to expanding the reach of the ORPATHYS® and TAGRISSO® combination to address progression on first-line therapy and help even more patients with this form of lung cancer.”

 

In the intention to treat (ITT) population of the SACHI trial, the ORPATHYS® and TAGRISSO® combination reduced the risk of disease progression by 66% with a median PFS of 8.2 months, compared to 4.5 months for chemotherapy, as assessed by investigators. The independent review committee (IRC) also reported a 60% risk reduction in disease progression, with a median PFS of 7.2 months versus 4.2 months, respectively. The safety profile of the ORPATHYS® and TAGRISSO® combination was tolerable and no new safety signals were observed. Treatment-emergent adverse events of Grade 3 or above occurred in 57% of patients in both the ORPATHYS® plus TAGRISSO® group and the chemotherapy group, suggesting a favorable safety profile.

 

About NSCLC and MET aberrations

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, accounting for about one-fifth of all cancer deaths.[1] Lung cancer is broadly split into NSCLC and small cell lung cancer, with 80-85% classified as NSCLC.[2] The majority of NSCLC patients (approximately 75%) are diagnosed with advanced disease, and approximately 10-15% of NSCLC patients in the US and Europe and 30-40% of patients in Asia have EGFR-mutated (“EGFRm”) NSCLC.[3],[4],[5],[6]

MET is a tyrosine kinase receptor that has an essential role in normal cell development. MET overexpression and/or amplification can lead to tumor growth and the metastatic progression of cancer cells, and is one of the mechanisms of acquired resistance to EGFR TKI for metastatic EGFRm NSCLC.[7],[8]

 

About ORPATHYS®

ORPATHYS® (savolitinib) is an oral, potent and highly selective MET TKI that has demonstrated clinical activity in advanced solid tumors. It blocks atypical activation of the MET receptor tyrosine kinase pathway that occurs because of mutations (such as exon 14 skipping alterations or other point mutations), gene amplification or protein overexpression.

 

ORPATHYS® is approved in China and is marketed by AstraZeneca for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC with MET exon 14 skipping alteration, representing the first selective MET inhibitor approved in China. It is currently under clinical development for multiple tumor types, including lung, kidney, and gastric cancers as a single treatment and in combination with other medicines.

 

About TAGRISSO®

TAGRISSO® (osimertinib) is a third-generation, irreversible EGFR-TKI with proven clinical activity in NSCLC, including against central nervous system (CNS) metastases. TAGRISSO® (40mg and 80mg once-daily oral tablets) has been used to treat nearly 800,000 patients across its indications worldwide and AstraZeneca continues to explore TAGRISSO® as a treatment for patients across multiple stages of EGFRm NSCLC.

 

There is an extensive body of evidence supporting the use of TAGRISSO® as standard of care in EGFRm NSCLC. TAGRISSO® improved patient outcomes in early-stage disease in the ADAURA Phase III trial, locally advanced disease in the LAURA Phase III trial, late-stage disease in the FLAURA Phase III trial, and with chemotherapy in the FLAURA2 Phase III trial.

 

About ORPATHYS® and TAGRISSO® Combination Development in EGFR-mutated NSCLC

Among patients who experience disease progression following treatment with a third-generation EGFR TKI, approximately 15-50% present with MET aberration, depending on the sample type, detection method and assay cut-off used. TAGRISSO® is a third-generation, irreversible EGFR-TKI with proven clinical activity in NSCLC, including against central nervous system metastases. Treatment with ORPATHYS® in combination with TAGRISSO® has been studied extensively in these patients in the TATTON (NCT02143466) and SAVANNAH (NCT03778229) studies. The encouraging results led to the initiation of several Phase III trials in this setting including the SACHI trial in China (NCT05015608) and the global SAFFRON trial (NCT05261399), as well as the SANOVO trial in China (NCT05009836).

 

This combination represents a promising chemotherapy-free oral treatment strategy to address mechanisms of resistance in this advanced setting. Positive data from the SACHI randomized Phase III trial led to the filing of a second NDA in China. Strong data from the SAVANNAH single-arm Phase II study was recently presented at the European Lung Cancer Congress (ELCC) in March 2025 demonstrated high, clinically meaningful and durable objective response rate (ORR), with consistent safety results. The SAFFRON randomized Phase III trial is progressing. Following AstraZeneca’s consultation with the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), we look forward to completing the SAFFRON trial as soon as possible to support potential US and other global registration filings.

 

SACHI: The SACHI China Phase III trial met the primary endpoint of PFS during its interim analysis towards the end of 2024 and a NDA was accepted and granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation and Priority Review status in China in December 2024. SACHI evaluated the combination of ORPATHYS® and TAGRISSO® for the treatment of patients with EGFRm, MET-amplified locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC after progression on EGFR TKI compared to platinum-based doublet chemotherapy. Results were presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting in June 2025.

 

SAFFRON: In 2023, ORPATHYS® and TAGRISSO® received Fast Track Designation from the US FDA in this setting. The global SAFFRON Phase III trial is currently ongoing to assess the ORPATHYS® plus TAGRISSO® combination versus platinum-based doublet chemotherapy in patients with EGFRm, MET-overexpressed and/or amplified, locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC following progression on treatment with TAGRISSO®. Patients are being prospectively selected using the high MET level cut-off identified in SAVANNAH.

 

About HUTCHMED

HUTCHMED (Nasdaq/AIM:​HCM; HKEX:​13) is an innovative, commercial-stage, biopharmaceutical company. It is committed to the discovery and global development and commercialization of targeted therapies and immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases. Since inception it has focused on bringing drug candidates from in-house discovery to patients around the world, with its first three medicines marketed in China, the first of which is also approved around the world including in the US, Europe and Japan. For more information, please visit: www.hutch‑med.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect HUTCHMED’s current expectations regarding future events, including its expectations regarding the therapeutic potential of ORPATHYS®, the further clinical development for ORPATHYS®, its expectations as to whether any studies on ORPATHYS® would meet their primary or secondary endpoints, and its expectations as to the timing of the completion and the release of results from such studies. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things, assumptions regarding enrollment rates and the timing and availability of subjects meeting a study’s inclusion and exclusion criteria; changes to clinical protocols or regulatory requirements; unexpected adverse events or safety issues; the ability of ORPATHYS®, including as a combination therapy, to meet the primary or secondary endpoint of a study, to obtain regulatory approval in other jurisdictions and to gain commercial acceptance after obtaining regulatory approval; the potential market of ORPATHYS® for a targeted indication; and HUTCHMED and/or its partner’s ability to fund, implement and complete its further clinical development and commercialization plans for ORPATHYS®, and the timing of these events. In addition, as certain studies rely on the use of other drug products such as TAGRISSO® as combination therapeutics with ORPATHYS®, such risks and uncertainties include assumptions regarding the safety, efficacy, supply and continued regulatory approval of these therapeutics. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. For further discussion of these and other risks, see HUTCHMED’s filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and on AIM. HUTCHMED undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this announcement, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise.

 

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CONTACTS

Investor Enquiries
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Media Enquiries
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Nominated Advisor and Joint Broker
Atholl Tweedie / Emma Earl / Rupert Dearden +44 20 7886 2500
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Joint Broker
Geoff Nash / Nigel Birks +44 20 7220 0500

 

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[2]  American Cancer Society. What is Lung Cancer? Available at: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/lung-cancer/about/what-is.html. Accessed November 2022.

[3] Knight SB, et al. Progress and prospects of early detection in lung cancer. Open Biol. 2017;7(9): 170070.

[4] Keedy VL, et al. American Society of Clinical Oncology Provisional Clinical Opinion: Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Mutation Testing for Patients with Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Considering First-Line EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy. J Clin Oncol. 2011:29;2121-27.

[5] Zhang Y, et al. The prevalence of EGFR mutation in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Oncotarget. 2016;7(48).

[6] Szumera-Ciećkiewicz A, et al. EGFR Mutation Testing on Cytological and Histological Samples in 11. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: a Polish, Single Institution Study and Systematic Review of European Incidence.Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2013:6;2800-12.

[7] Uchikawa E, et al. Structural basis of the activation of c-MET receptor. Nat Commun. 2021;12(4074).

[8] Wang Q, et al. MET inhibitors for targeted therapy of EGFR TKI-resistant lung cancer. Journal of Hematology & Oncology. 2019;63.

Hong Kong, Shanghai, & Florham Park, NJ: Tuesday, June 10, 2025: HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED”) (Nasdaq/AIM: HCM; HKEX: 13) announces that on June 9, 2025, it granted share options (“Share Options”) under the Share Option Scheme adopted by HUTCHMED in 2015 (the “Share Option Scheme”) and awards (“LTIP Awards”) under the Long Term Incentive Plan adopted by HUTCHMED in 2025 (“LTIP”).

 

Aimed at attracting and retaining top talent, the Remuneration Committee of HUTCHMED appointed an independent advisor to conduct compensation benchmarking research on a selected peer group of companies. As a result of this the Remuneration Committee has comprehensively reviewed the compensation and share-based incentives policies of HUTCHMED and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) and established an attractive policy to ensure the Group is able to recruit and retain top talent. In line with this review HUTCHMED has decided to make the following grant of Share Options and LTIP Awards.

 

1. Performance Related Share Options

HUTCHMED granted Share Options subject to the Performance Targets (defined below) under its Share Option Scheme to Dr Weiguo Su (Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer), being a person discharging managerial responsibility (“PDMR”) under the UK Market Abuse Regulation to subscribe for 1,493,435 ordinary shares with par value US$0.10 each in the share capital of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) subject to the acceptance of the grantee. Details of such Share Options granted are as follows:

 

Date of grant : June 9, 2025
Exercise price of share options granted : HK$25.50 per Ordinary Share
Number of share options granted : 1,493,435 Ordinary Shares
Closing market price of Ordinary Shares at HKEX on the date of grant : HK$25.50 per Ordinary Share
Exercise period of the share options : From June 9, 2025 to June 8, 2035
Vesting period of the share options : Vesting will occur two business days after the date of announcement of the annual results of the Company for the financial year ending December 31, 2027 (the “2027 Results Announcement”).
Performance targets : The exercise of the share options is conditional upon the fulfilment of certain performance targets relating to the Group over the financial years 2025 to 2027 (the “Performance Targets”). The number of share options to be exercisable will be determined on the date of 2027 Results Announcement. The Performance Targets have been determined by the Board and specified in the grant letter of Dr Su. To the extent that the Performance Targets have not been met, the relevant number of share options granted to Dr Su will lapse.
Clawback mechanism : The share options may be subject to the clawback policy of the Company enabling the Company to recover incentive-based compensation paid to covered executive officers in the event of mis-statement of the financial statements of the Company resulting from material non-compliance with financial reporting requirements.

 

After the above grant of Share Options, the number of Share Options available for future grant under the scheme mandate of the Share Option Scheme is 11,409,825.

 

2. Non-performance-related LTIP Award (“Performance LTIP Award”) – award based on a maximum cash amount, which amount is determined by the achievement of performance targets for the financial years ending December 31, 2025, 2026 and 2027. The performance targets are determined by the Remuneration Committee of HUTCHMED based on the strategic objectives of HUTCHMED.

 

The shares, to be purchased by the trustee following determination of the cash amount based on actual achievement of performance targets, will then be held by the trustee until the related underlying LTIP Awards are vested. Vesting will occur three weeks after the date of completion of the share purchase for the awards for the financial year ending December 31, 2027. Vesting will also depend upon the continued employment of the award holder with the Group and will otherwise be at the discretion of the Board of Directors of HUTCHMED.

 

HUTCHMED granted the following Performance LTIP Awards to the following Executive Directors, each being a PDMR under the UK Market Abuse Regulation:

 

Award Holder   Maximum amount for the Performance LTIP Awards
Dr Weiguo Su (Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer) US$3,442,787
Mr Johnny Cheng (Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer) US$779,934

 

An additional 132 employees of the Group have simultaneously been granted Performance LTIP Awards.

 

The notification in respect of share options granted to Dr Su in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation is set out below.

 

Dr Weiguo Su

1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Dr Weiguo Su
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name HUTCHMED (China) Limited
b) LEI 2138006X34YDQ6OBYE79
4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Share option over Ordinary Shares of US$0.10

 

Share option over Ordinary Share with DI ISIN: KYG4672N1198

b) Nature of the transaction

Grant of options in respect of 1,493,435 Ordinary Shares under the Share Option Scheme.

The exercise of the share options is conditional upon the fulfilment of certain performance targets relating to the Group over the financial years 2025 to 2027 (the “Performance Targets”). The number of share options to be exercisable will be determined on the date of 2027 Results Announcement. The Performance Targets have been determined by the Board and specified in the grant letter of Dr Su. To the extent that the Performance Targets have not been met, the relevant number of share options granted to Dr Su will lapse.

c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 1,493,435
d) Aggregated information

Aggregated volume
Price
N/A
e) Date of the transaction 2025-06-09
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue

 

About HUTCHMED

HUTCHMED (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13) is an innovative, commercial-stage, biopharmaceutical company. It is committed to the discovery and global development and commercialization of targeted therapies and immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases. Since inception it has focused on bringing drug candidates from in-house discovery to patients around the world, with its first three medicines marketed in China, the first of which is also approved around the world including in the US, Europe and Japan. For more information, please visit: www.hutch‑med.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. For further discussion of these and other risks, see HUTCHMED’s filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, on AIM and on HKEX. HUTCHMED undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this announcement, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise.

 

CONTACTS

Investor Enquiries
+852 2121 8200 / ir@hutch-med.com
Media Enquiries
FTI Consulting – +44 20 3727 1030 / HUTCHMED@fticonsulting.com
Ben Atwell / Alex Shaw +44 7771 913 902 (Mobile) / +44 7779 545 055 (Mobile)
Brunswick – Zhou Yi +852 9783 6894 (Mobile) / HUTCHMED@brunswickgroup.com
Panmure Liberum
Nominated Advisor and Joint Broker
Atholl Tweedie / Emma Earl / Rupert Dearden +44 20 7886 2500
HSBC
Joint Broker
Simon Alexander / Alina Vaskina / Arnav Kapoor +44 20 7991 8888
Cavendish
Joint Broker
Geoff Nash / Nigel Birks +44 20 7220 0500

 

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Hong Kong, Shanghai & Florham Park, NJ — Thursday, June 5, 2025: HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED”) (Nasdaq/AIM:​HCM; HKEX:​13) and Innovent Biologics, Inc. (“Innovent”) (HKEX: 01801) today jointly announce that the New Drug Application (“NDA”) for the combination of fruquintinib and sintilimab for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma who have failed prior treatment with one tyrosine kinase inhibitor (“TKI”) has been accepted for review by the China National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”).

The NDA is supported by data from FRUSICA-2, a randomized, open-label, active-controlled registration study evaluating the efficacy and safety of fruquintinib in combination with sintilimab versus axitinib or everolimus monotherapy for the second-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma. The study has met its primary endpoint of progression free survival (“PFS”), as assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR) according to RECIST 1.1 criteria. The combination also demonstrated improvements in secondary endpoints including objective response rate (“ORR”) and duration of response (“DoR”). The safety profile was tolerable and no new safety signals were observed. Data from FRUSICA-2 will be submitted for presentation at an upcoming scientific conference. Additional details may be found at clinicaltrials.gov, using identifier NCT05522231.

“Kidney cancer continues to pose significant challenges in China, with limited treatment options for patients who fail first-line therapies. Submitting this NDA for the fruquintinib and sintilimab combination for advanced renal cell carcinoma marks an important step in our efforts to address this unmet need,” said Dr Michael Shi, Head of R&D and Chief Medical Officer of HUTCHMED. “We are dedicated to making this combination therapy available to patients with renal cell carcinoma. At the same time, through ongoing research, we remain focused on exploring the full potential of this combination, as well as advancing our broader pipeline across multiple cancer types, to provide more patients with new and effective treatment options.”

“The NDA acceptance of sintilimab and fruquintinib combination represents a significant step toward providing a more effective second line treatment option for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma in China,” said Dr Hui Zhou, Senior Vice President of Innovent. “Our PD-1 inhibitor, sintilimab (TYVYT®), has solidified its position as a cornerstone of immuno-oncology (IO) therapy with this NDA as its 10th indication, marking a meaningful milestone in lifecycle management and clinical value optimization.”

In December 2024, the combination of fruquintinib and sintilimab received conditional approval from the China NMPA for the treatment of patients with advanced mismatch repair proficient (“pMMR”) endometrial cancer who have failed prior systemic therapy and are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation, based on data from the FRUSICA-1 study (NCT03903705).

About Kidney Cancer and Renal Cell Carcinoma

It is estimated that approximately 435,000 new patients were diagnosed with kidney cancer worldwide in 2022.[1] In China, an estimated 74,000 new patients were diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2022.[2] Approximately 90% of kidney tumors are renal cell carcinoma.

About Fruquintinib

Fruquintinib is a selective oral inhibitor of all three vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (“VEGFR”) -1, -2 and -3. VEGFR inhibitors play a pivotal role in inhibiting tumor angiogenesis. Fruquintinib was designed to have enhanced selectivity that limits off-target kinase activity, allowing for drug exposure that achieves sustained target inhibition and flexibility for potential use as part of a combination therapy.[3]

About Fruquintinib Approvals

Fruquintinib is co-developed and co-commercialized in China by HUTCHMED and Eli Lilly and Company under the brand name ELUNATE®. It is approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who have previously received fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin and irinotecan-based chemotherapy, and those who have previously received or are not suitable to receive anti-VEGF therapy or anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) therapy (RAS wild-type) in China. It was included in the China National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) in January 2020. Since its launch in China, over 100,000 patients with colorectal cancer have been treated with fruquintinib.

The combination of ELUNATE® (fruquintinib) and TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) has conditional approval in China for the treatment of patients with advanced pMMR endometrial cancer who have failed prior systemic therapy and are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation.

Takeda holds the exclusive worldwide license to further develop, commercialize, and manufacture fruquintinib outside mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, marketing it under the brand name FRUZAQLA®. Fruquintinib received approval for the treatment of previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer in the US, Europe, Japan and many other countries around the world.

The safety and efficacy of fruquintinib for the following investigational uses have not been established and there is no guarantee that it will receive health authority approval or become commercially available in any country for the uses being investigated:

About Fruquintinib for Second-line Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma

Single-agent targeted therapy continues to be one of the primary choices for first-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma in China. Notably, advanced renal cell carcinoma patients who have experienced failure with single-agent targeted therapy previously still indicate an unmet medical need.

Results from a proof-of-concept Phase Ib/II study of fruquintinib plus sintilimab were published in Targeted Oncology in January 2025. The combination showed promising efficacy and a tolerable safety profile in this setting. At the data cutoff of October 9, 2024, all 20 enrolled previously treated patients were evaluable for efficacy, with a median follow-up duration of 45.7 months. The confirmed ORR was 60.0% and DCR was 85.0%. Median DoR was 13.9 months and median PFS was 15.9 months. Overall survival (“OS”) was not reached, and the 36-month OS rate was 58.3%.[4]

About Sintilimab

Sintilimab, marketed as TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) in China, is a PD-1 immunoglobulin G4 monoclonal antibody co-developed and co-commercialized by Innovent and Eli Lilly and Company, which binds to PD-1 molecules on the surface of T-cells, blocks the PD-1 / PD-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) pathway, and reactivates T-cells to kill cancer cells. [5]

In China, sintilimab has been approved and included in the updated NRDL for seven indications. The updated NRDL reimbursement scope for TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) includes:

Furthermore, sintilimab’s eighth indication, in combination with fruquintinib for the treatment of patients with advanced endometrial cancer with pMMR tumors that have failed prior systemic therapy and are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation, was conditional approved by the NMPA in December 2024.

Two NDAs for sintilimab are currently under the NMPA review, including:

In addition, two clinical studies of sintilimab have met their primary endpoints:

Statement: Innovent does not recommend the use of any unapproved drug(s)/indication(s).

About HUTCHMED

HUTCHMED (Nasdaq/AIM:​HCM; HKEX:​13) is an innovative, commercial-stage, biopharmaceutical company. It is committed to the discovery, global development and commercialization of targeted therapies and immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases. Since inception, HUTCHMED has focused on bringing drug candidates from in-house discovery to patients around the world, with its first three medicines marketed in China, the first of which is also approved around the world including in the US, Europe and Japan. For more information, please visit www.hutch-med.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

About Innovent

Innovent is a leading biopharmaceutical company founded in 2011 with the mission to empower patients worldwide with affordable, high-quality biopharmaceuticals. The company discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes innovative medicines that target some of the most intractable diseases. Its pioneering therapies treat cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic, autoimmune and eye diseases. Innovent has launched 15 products in the market. It has 3 new drug applications under regulatory review, 4 assets in Phase III or pivotal clinical trials and 15 more molecules in early clinical stage. Innovent partners with over 30 global healthcare companies, including Lilly, Sanofi, Incyte, LG Chem and MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Guided by the motto, “Start with Integrity, Succeed through Action,” Innovent maintains the highest standard of industry practices and works collaboratively to advance the biopharmaceutical industry so that first-rate pharmaceutical drugs can become widely accessible. For more information, visit www.innoventbio.com, or follow Innovent on Facebook and LinkedIn.

 

Statement:

(1) Innovent does not recommend the use of any unapproved drug (s)/indication(s).

(2) Ramucirumab (Cyramza®) and Selpercatinib (Retsevmo®) and Pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca®) were developed by Eli Lilly and Company.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect HUTCHMED’s current expectations regarding future events, including its expectations regarding the therapeutic potential of the fruquintinib and sintilimab combination for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma and the further clinical development of the fruquintinib and sintilimab combination in this and other indications. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things, assumptions regarding the sufficiency of clinical data to support NDA approval of the fruquintinib and sintilimab combination for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma in China, or other jurisdictions, its potential to gain expeditious approvals from regulatory authorities, the safety profile of fruquintinib, HUTCHMED’s ability to fund, implement and complete its further clinical development and commercialization plans for the fruquintinib and sintilimab combination, and the timing of these events. In addition, as certain studies rely on the use of other drug products such as sintilimab as combination therapeutics with fruquintinib, such risks and uncertainties include assumptions regarding the safety, efficacy, supply and continued regulatory approval of these therapeutics. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. For further discussion of these and other risks, see HUTCHMED’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on AIM and on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. HUTCHMED undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise.
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Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Time: 8:30-9:00 am HKT
(8:30-9:00 pm EDT on Monday, June 2, 2025)

Listen to the Webcast Replay

 

The all-oral chemotherapy-free combination of savolitinib plus osimertinib demonstrated significant PFS benefit with a favorable safety profile in the SACHI Phase III China study —

 

— Webcast to be held at 8:30 am HKT on Tuesday, June 3 to discuss the data presented —

 

Hong Kong, Shanghai & Florham Park, NJ — Monday, June 2, 2025: HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED”) (Nasdaq/AIM:​HCM; HKEX:​13) announces primary results from the interim analysis of the SACHI Phase III study. These results were presented in a late-breaking oral presentation on Sunday, June 1, 2025, during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (“ASCO”) Annual Meeting in Chicago, USA.

 

SACHI is a Phase III  study of the savolitinib and osimertinib combination 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 first-line EGFR inhibitor therapy (clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT05015608).

 

Title: Savolitinib combined with osimertinib versus chemotherapy in EGFR-mutant and MET-amplification advanced NSCLC after disease progression on EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor: Results from a randomized Phase III SACHI study
Lead Author: Shun Lu, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Session: Oral Abstract Session: Lung Cancer – Non-Small Cell Metastatic
Abstract Number: LBA8505
Date & Time: Sunday, June 1, 2025, 8:00 AM Central Daylight Time
Location: Arie Crown Theater

 

Prof. Shun Lu, Chief of the Shanghai Lung Cancer Center at Shanghai Chest Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Principal Investigator of the SACHI study, said, “The results from the SACHI Phase III study represent a significant advancement in the treatment of EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC with MET amplification. The savolitinib and osimertinib combination demonstrates promising efficacy in patients who have progressed on prior EGFR inhibitor therapy. These findings highlight the potential of this novel, chemotherapy-free combination to enable a continued oral regimen, offering a convenient and well-tolerated treatment option that addresses critical unmet needs for patients with this challenging disease.”

 

HUTCHMED will host a webcast to discuss the data presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting at 8:30 -9:00 am HKT on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 (8:30 – 9:00 pm EDT on June 2, 2025). The event will be held in English and can be accessed via www.hutch-med.com/event. A replay will also be available on the website shortly after the event.

 

As of the interim analysis data cut-off of August 30, 2024, a total of 211 patients were randomized to receive the savolitinib and osimertinib combination or chemotherapy. In the intention to treat (ITT) population, the median progression-free survival (“PFS”) assessed by investigator was 8.2 months with savolitinib plus osimertinib, compared to 4.5 months with chemotherapy (hazard ratio [“HR”] 0.34; 95% confidence interval [“CI”] 0.23-0.49; p < 0.0001). The independent review committee (“IRC”) assessed median PFS was 7.2 months vs 4.2 months, respectively (HR 0.40; 95% CI 0.28-0.59; p < 0.0001).

 

The investigator-assessed objective response rate (ORR) was 58% in the savolitinib plus osimertinib group compared to 34% for patients in the chemotherapy group. The disease control rate (DCR) was 89% vs 67% and the median duration of response (DoR) was 8.4 months vs 3.2 months, respectively. Overall survival was not mature at the time of the interim analysis.

 

Efficacy outcomes in the third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (“TKI”)–treated patients were comparable with those in the intention-to-treat and third-generation EGFR-TKI–naïve populations. In the third generation EGFR-TKI–treated subgroup, the investigator-assessed and IRC-assessed median PFS were highly consistent, both at 6.9 vs 3.0 months (HR 0.32; p < 0.0001).

 

The safety profile of the savolitinib and osimertinib combination was tolerable and no new safety signals were observed. Treatment-emergent adverse events of Grade 3 or above occurred in 57% of patients in the savolitinib plus osimertinib group compared to 57% for patients in the chemotherapy group, suggesting a favorable safety profile.

 

In January 2025, the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) of SACHI has considered that the study has met the pre-defined primary endpoint of PFS in a planned interim analysis and as a result, enrollment into the study has concluded. Supported by data from SACHI, a New Drug Application (NDA) for the combination of savolitinib and osimertinib for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC with MET amplification after disease progression on first-line EGFR inhibitor therapy has been accepted and granted priority review by the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).

 

About Savolitinib

Savolitinib is an oral, potent, and highly selective MET TKI that has demonstrated clinical activity in advanced solid tumors. MET is a tyrosine kinase receptor that has an essential role in normal cell development. Savolitinib blocks atypical activation of the MET receptor tyrosine kinase pathway that occurs because of mutations (such as exon 14 skipping alterations or other point mutations), gene amplification or protein overexpression. MET overexpression and/or amplification can lead to tumor growth and the metastatic progression of cancer cells, and is a known mechanism of acquired resistance to EGFR TKIs. The prevalence of MET depends on the sample type, detection method and assay cut-off used.

Savolitinib is approved in China and is marketed under the brand name ORPATHYS® by our partner, AstraZeneca, for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC with MET exon 14 skipping alteration, representing the first selective MET inhibitor approved in China. It has been included in the National Reimbursement Drug List of China (NRDL) since March 2023.

It is currently under clinical development for multiple tumor types, including lung, kidney, and gastric cancers as a single treatment and in combination with other medicines.

 

About HUTCHMED

HUTCHMED (Nasdaq/AIM:​HCM; HKEX:​13) is an innovative, commercial-stage, biopharmaceutical company. It is committed to the discovery and global development and commercialization of targeted therapies and immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases. Since inception it has focused on bringing drug candidates from in-house discovery to patients around the world, with its first three medicines marketed in China, the first of which is also approved around the world including in the US, Europe and Japan. For more information, please visit: www.hutch‑med.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

 

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect HUTCHMED’s current expectations regarding future events, including but not limited to its expectations regarding the therapeutic potential of savolitinib, the further clinical development for savolitinib, its expectations as to whether any studies on savolitinib would meet their primary or secondary endpoints, and its expectations as to the timing of the completion and the release of results from such studies. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things, assumptions regarding enrollment rates and the timing and availability of subjects meeting a study’s inclusion and exclusion criteria; changes to clinical protocols or regulatory requirements; unexpected adverse events or safety issues; the ability of savolitinib, including as combination therapies, to meet the primary or secondary endpoint of a study, to obtain regulatory approval in different jurisdictions and to gain commercial acceptance after obtaining regulatory approval; the potential markets of savolitinib for a targeted indication, and the sufficiency of funding. In addition, as certain studies rely on the use of other drug products such as osimertinib as combination therapeutics, such risks and uncertainties include assumptions regarding their safety, efficacy, supply and continued regulatory approval. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. For further discussion of these and other risks, see HUTCHMED’s filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and on AIM. HUTCHMED undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise.
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