“This FDA submission is a significant milestone for patients in the U.S. with metastatic CRC, one of the most common and deadly cancers in the U.S. and worldwide. Fruquintinib is an important treatment option for patients with metastatic CRC in China, where it has been available to patients since 2018. We look forward to working with our partner Takeda to commercialize fruquintinib outside China, and we remain on track to submit regulatory filings in Europe and Japan later this year,” said Dr. Michael Shi, Head of R&D and Chief Medical Officer of HUTCHMED.