22 September 2025: Huadong Medicine’s CDH17-targeted ADC HDM2017 IND application received FDA approval in the US
The U.S. FDA approved Huadong Medicine’s IND application for HDM2017, a CDH17-targeted ADC, allowing Phase I clinical trials in advanced malignant solid tumors
The U.S. IND approval, along with NMPA acceptance in China, strengthens Huadong Medicine’s global ADC pipeline and enhances its competitiveness in oncology drug development
HDM2017 is a class 1 biological new drug with global IP rights, composed of an anti-CDH17 antibody linked to a topoisomerase I inhibitor via a cleavable linker (DAR=4)
Preclinical studies showed HDM2017 has strong anti-tumor efficacy, safety, and bystander killing effects in CDH17-positive models