Zai Lab and Blueprint Medicines sign $600 million deal

9 November 2021

Marking a second licensing deal signed today by China’s Zai Lab (HKEX: 9688), it has entered into a collaboration with US precision cancer therapy specialist Blueprint Medicines (Nasdaq: BPMC).

Th exclusive collaboration and license agreement is for the development and commercialization of BLU-945 and BLU-701 for the treatment of patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-driven non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in Greater China, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Discovered by Blueprint Medicines, BLU-945 and BLU-701 are investigational next-generation EGFR inhibitors with first-in-class potential.

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