C4 Therapeutics and Betta Pharmaceuticals Announce Exclusive Licensing Agreement for the Development and Commercialization in Greater China of CFT8919
“We are excited to partner with Betta to develop CFT8919, an orally bioavailable allosteric EGFR L858R degrader, with the potential to treat NSCLC patients with EGFR L858R mutations in Greater China and beyond,” said Andrew Hirsch, president and chief executive officer of C4 Therapeutics. “With their strong track record of developing and commercializing NSCLC therapies in China, we believe Betta is the ideal partner to advance CFT8919 clinical development in a region where there is a high prevalence of lung cancer patients with the EGFR L858R mutation.”
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