InnoCare Announces Approval of Clinical Trial of BCL2 Inhibitor ICP-248 in China

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InnoCare Pharma (HKEX: 09969) announced today that the Company has received Investigational New Drug (IND) approval of clinical trial from the NMPA (National Medical Products Administration) for its B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL2) inhibitor ICP-248, which is the Company's fifth innovative drug to enter the clinical stage in the field of hematology, and also the 13^th drug entering the clinic in the pipeline.

ICP-248 is a novel, orally bioavailable BCL2 selective inhibitor, which aims to treat non- Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and other malignant hematological tumors as a monotherapy or in combination with BTK inhibitors and other drugs. BCL2 is an important part of apoptotic pathway and is overexpressed in a variety of hematologic malignancies. ICP-248 has anti-tumor effects by activating the endogenous mitochondrial apoptosis pathway that causes rapid cancer cell apoptosis.

Dr. Jasmine Cui, the Co-founder, Chairwoman and CEO of InnoCare said, “ICP-248 will further strengthen our hematology pipeline. We have built multiple drugs that cover a variety of important hema-oncology targets such as BTK, CD19, CD20xCD3, BCL2 and E-3 ligase to address the unmet medical needs.”

About InnoCare

InnoCare is a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing, and commercializing first-in-class and/or best-in-class drugs for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. We strategically focus on liquid cancer, solid tumors, and autoimmune diseases with high unmet medical needs in China and worldwide. InnoCare has branches in Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and the United States.

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