REGULATORY · NOVEMBER 2025
Cullinan Therapeutics Stock Surges After Initiating Rolling FDA Submission for Lung Cancer Drug Zipalertinib
In November 2025, Cullinan Therapeutics and its partners, Taiho Oncology and Taiho Pharmaceutical, initiated a rolling New Drug Application (NDA) submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for zipalertinib. The submission seeks accelerated approval for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations who have received prior chemotherapy. This key regulatory step, which followed a Breakthrough Therapy Designation, generated significant investor interest and was reported to have caused a more than 38% increase in the company's stock price.