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Founded in 2019, Zenitar is a late-stage clinical biotechnology company focused on developing highly differentiated small-molecule therapies with FIC or BIC potential. Leveraging three integrated R&D platforms – structural biology, AI-powered drug design, and clinically relevant disease models – we aim to address major unmet medical needs across Hem/Onc, CNS, and I&I. Our pipeline spans clinical and preclinical programs, with two lead assets currently in Phase 3 registrational development, alongside multiple programs advancing toward global clinical development.
We have established three highly synergistic technology platforms. The structural biology platform enables rational small-molecule design through in-depth understanding of disease-relevant targets, protein structures, and key molecular interactions. The AI-powered drug design platform integrates computational chemistry, molecular modeling, and data-driven algorithms to accelerate lead optimization and clinical candidate selection. The clinically relevant disease model platform emphasizes translational in vitro and in vivo systems to validate mechanisms of action and predict efficacy and safety, improving the probability of clinical success.
In hematology, one of our lead assets, flonoltinib maleate (FM), is being developed to establish a new standard of care for myeloproliferative neoplasms. FM is a proprietary JAK2/FLT3/CDK6 inhibitor designed to address key disease drivers in myelofibrosis, with the goal of delivering durable spleen and symptom improvement while maintaining a manageable safety profile across a broad patient population. FM has demonstrated competitive efficacy and safety signals in multiple clinical studies and is currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 registrational trial in China, alongside ongoing overseas clinical and regulatory interactions.
In oncology, purinostat mesylate (PM) represents another late-stage lead asset of us. PM is a highly selective, next-generation HDAC I/IIb inhibitor enabled by a differentiated molecular design, aimed at enhancing antitumor activity while improving tolerability. PM is primarily being developed for B- and T-cell malignancies and multiple myeloma, where it has shown promising efficacy and a predictable, manageable safety profile in early- and mid-stage studies, and has been granted conditional approval pathway in China. We have continued to advance PM’s development while exploring its potential in combination regimens and additional oncologic indications.
Founder, Chairman, CEO & Chief Scientific Officer
Experience:
2019-Present: Chairman, CEO and Chief Scientific Officer at Zenitar
2012-2016: Chief Scientific Officer at Guangdong Zhongsheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (002317.SZ)
The third batch of innovation and entrepreneurship leader in the Guangdong Pearl River Talent Program “Cancer and diabetes research and development”
20 years of experience in new drug research and development
Personal Honor:
Professor of West China Hospital, Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy
Academic and technical leader of Sichuan Province
Tianfu Ten Thousand Plan leading talent, Chengdu “Rong Piao plan” entrepreneur
Winner of the Wuxi AppTec Prize in Life Chemistry
Major scientific and technological achievements:
Leading 10 innovative drugs development from preclinical to clinical trial including tumor, autoimmunology disease and pulmonary fibrosis, of which 7 were approved for clinical trials, 3 entered phase II and 4 entered phase I
Responsible for a number of major new drug development projects from the National Ministry of Health and Science and Technology in the 11th, 12th and 13th Five-Year Plan
Published over 400 papers as the corresponding author in Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., Clin. Cancer Res., J. Med.Chem., etc
Ranked in the top 2% of the world's top scientists list released by Stanford in 2021 and 2022
Been authorized 60 international and domestic patents, many of which were authorized by the United States, Australia, Japan and other countries