“Ascentage Pharma‘s founding team has over 20 years of deep experience in developing apoptosis-targeted therapies and has made significant strides with the Bcl-2 target,” said Dr. Dajun Yang, Chairman & CEO of Ascentage Pharma. “To date, only one Bcl-2 inhibitor has been approved globally, which is a reality underscoring the immense difficulty and challenges in this field of research and development. This NDA submission for lisaftoclax could potentially pave the way for lisaftoclax to become the first approved China-developed Bcl-2 inhibitor, thus marking another major milestone that is a culmination of the Ascentage Pharma’s deep commitment and perseverant work in the past 15 years.”