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InnoCare Announces IND Approval to Initiate Clinical Trial of VAV1 Degrader ICP-538 in China
BEIJING, Feb. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InnoCare Pharma (HKEX: 9969; SSE: 688428), a leading biopharmaceutical company focusing on the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, announced today that the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved the Investigational New Drug (IND) application to conduct clinical trials of ICP-538, a VAV1-directed molecular glue degrader (MGD). This is the first VAV1 degrader approved to enter cl
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