AKESO's stock plummeted 5.08% during intraday trading on Friday, reflecting continued market concerns over clinical trial setbacks for its key drug candidate.
The decline follows disappointing interim results from the HARMONi-3 global pivotal Phase III study of AKESO's core product ivonescimab. The interim analysis targeting squamous cell carcinoma in first-line treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer failed to meet the pre-specified statistical significance threshold for progression-free survival, raising persistent concerns about whether the superior clinical results observed in the Chinese population can be replicated globally.
Market sentiment has been negatively impacted by this development, with AKESO's overseas partner Summit previously experiencing a stock plunge of over 25% following the same disclosure. The stock's performance contrasts with the broader biotech sector, which showed mixed-to-positive movement on the same trading day.