VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zymeworks Inc. (Nasdaq: ZYME), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a diverse pipeline of novel, multifunctional biotherapeutics to improve the standard of care for difficult-to-treat diseases, including cancer, inflammation, and autoimmune disease, today announced that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China has approved zanidatamab for the treatment of patients with previously treated, unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive (HER2+) biliary tract cancer (BTC). The conditional approval marks the first and only1 dual HER2-targeted bispecific antibody approved for HER2-high expression (IHC3+) BTC in China. Zymeworks’ collaboration partner, BeOne Medicines Ltd. (formerly BeiGene, Ltd), obtained the conditional approval under the terms of its Asia Pacific license and collaboration agreement with Zymeworks. Continued approval of this indication will depend on the verification of clinical benefit in the patient population through ongoing confirmatory trials.

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Zymeworks Announces NMPA Approval of Zanidatamab in China for Adults with Previously Treated, Unresectable or Metastatic HER2-high expression (IHC3+)...