Overall impact
C (60)

Commentary

Zai Lab is an average overall performer. With a 'C' rating of 59.6 for overall impact (62nd percentile compared to all companies), Zai Lab ranks 413th out of 585 industry peers, behind Biogen, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Gilead Sciences and 409 others, and ahead of Grifols, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Bluebird Bio and 169 others. On top material causes for Zai Lab's industry (Pharmaceuticals & Biotech), Zai Lab performs well in Disease Eradication (96.4 score) and performs poorly in Accountable Institutions (35.8 score), Humane Treatment of Animals (3.8), Racial Justice and Civil Rights (35.5) and 1 other cause where it received a 'D' or 'F' score.
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Company
Employees
1,784
Sector
Health Care
Industry
Biotechnology
Sub-industry
Biotechnology
SASB industry
Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
Headquarters
China
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ZLAB
Description
Zai Lab Limited, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing products that address medical conditions in the areas of oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and infectious diseases. Its commercial products include Zejula, an orally administered poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1/2 inhibitor for treating ovarian cancer; VYVGART, a human IgG1 antibody fragment for generalized myasthenia gravis and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; NUZYRA for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia and acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections; Optune for glioblastoma multiforme; Qinlock for gastrointestinal stromal tumors; Xacduro for treating hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused by a cinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex; and Augtyro for the treatment of ROS proto-oncogene 1 and non-small cell lung cancer. The company's oncology pipeline includes bemarituzumab, tumor treating fields, tisotumab vedotin, and repotrectinib; and the immunology, neuroscience, and infectious disease pipeline comprises efgartigimod and xanomeline and trospium chloride. Zai Lab Limited has license and collaboration agreements with Tesaro, Inc. to develop, manufacture, and commercialize niraparib; NovoCure Ltd. to develop and commercialize Tumor Treating Fields; Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC to develop and commercialize ripretinib; Paratek Bermuda Ltd. to develop, manufacture, and commercialize omadacycline; argenx BV to develop and commercialize efgartigimod; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company to develop and commercialize tisotumab vedotin and repotrectinib; Amgen Inc. to develop and commercialize bemarituzumab; Innoviva, Inc. to develop and commercialize Sulbactam-Durlobactam; and Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. to develop and commercialize Xanomeline and trospium chloride, as well as strategic collaboration with Pfizer Inc. for sulbactam and durlobactam. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Shanghai, China.
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