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InnoCare Announces Approval of the Next-Generation TRK Inhibitor Zurletrectinib in China
BEIJING, Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InnoCare Pharma (HKEX: 09969; SSE: 688428), a leading biopharmaceutical company, announced today that its next-generation TRK inhibitor, zurletrectinib (ICP-723), has received approval from the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for the treatment of adult and adolescent patients (aged 12 years and older) with solid tumors harboring NTRK gene fusions. In the registrational clinical trial for patients with NTRK fusion-positive solid tum
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