Hutchison China MediTech (Chi-Med) Presents Clinical Data At ASCO 2017 Annual Meeting

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hutchison China MediTech Limited (“Chi-Med”) (AIM/Nasdaq: HCM) today announces that new clinical data on three of its novel tyrosine kinase inhibitors, fruquintinib, savolitinib and sulfatinib, will be presented at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (“ASCO”) Annual Meeting, to be held in Chicago, Illinois from June 2 to 6, 2017.

The five presentations, one oral presentation and four poster presentations, cover the following studies:

Fruquintinib:

• The full results of the FRESCO Phase III study in 416 patients with locally advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer (“CRC”) will be highlighted in an oral presentation on June 5, 2017. Primary endpoint median overall survival was 9.30 months for fruquintinib versus 6.57 months in the control group, with a hazard ratio of 0.65 and p< 0.001. Fruquintinib was well tolerated, with manageable on-target treatment related adverse events consistent with previous studies.