While announcing 2017 first-half financial results, Hutchison China MediTech (Chi-Med) provided a broad overview of its wide-ranging innovative drug portfolio. Comprised of eight drug small-molecule candidates, the portfolio is currently involved in 31 clinical trials. There are many signs of progress: earlier this year, Chi-Med filed its first NDA, a request for China approval of fruquintinib, a VEGFR inhibitor, as a treatment for colorectal cancer. Chi-Med also started its first global Phase III registration trial (for savolitinib), and it has five other pivotal Phase III studies underway with three more close to starting.
