Huadong Medicine (SHE:000963) said its units, Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical, and Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Jiangdong, received approval from China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct clinical trials for their semaglutide injection for weight management, according to a Friday filing with the Shenzhen bourse.
Semaglutide is a weight loss treatment for overweight or obese individuals. Iy may also be used as a type-II diabetes.
The pharmaceutical share prices were down by 3% at Friday's closing.
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