...Xcovery Holdings, Inc... announced that Xcovery’s affiliate Betta Pharmaceuticals has received the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA)’s approval of ensartinib in China for the first-line treatment of ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

We did a single-arm, open-label, phase 2 study at 27 centres in China. Patients were aged 18 years or older, had stage IIIb or stage IV ALK-positive NSCLC that had progressed while they were on crizotinib therapy...All patients received 225 mg ensartinib...76 (52% [95% CI 43-60]) of 147 patients in the full analysis set, with responses that could be assessed by the independent review committee, had an objective response. 28 (70% [53-83]) of 40 patients with measurable brain metastases as assessed by the independent review committee had an intracranial objective response.