UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December 2020
Commission Filing Number: 001-38205
ZAI LAB LIMITED
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
4560 Jinke Road, Bldg. 1, 4F, Pudong, Shanghai, China 201210
(Address of principal executive office)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued December 1, 2020 | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| ZAI LAB LIMITED | ||
| By: | /s/ Billy Cho | |
| Name: | Billy Cho | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: December 1, 2020
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Exhibit 99.1
Zai Lab Appoints Alan Sandler, M.D., as President, Head of Global Development, Oncology
SHANGHAI and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1, 2020 - Zai Lab Limited (“Zai Lab”) (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKEX: 9688), an innovative commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced the appointment of Alan Sandler, M.D., to the newly created position of President, Head of Global Development, Oncology, where he will lead global oncology development and related enabling functions to support the Company’s development activities. Dr. Sandler was most recently the Senior Vice President and Global Head of Product Development Oncology at Genentech, a member of the Roche Group. He will report to Dr. Samantha Du, Chief Executive Officer, and serve on the executive team.
“We are delighted to welcome Alan to Zai Lab as we continue to expand globally and strengthen our R&D leadership,” said Dr. Samantha Du, Founder, Chairwoman and CEO of Zai Lab. “Throughout his distinguished career, Alan has made significant contributions as a respected leader in the oncology community, both in industry and through his clinical practice and academic research. Alan has played a key role in the development of many innovative oncology therapies. We look forward to his leadership of our oncology franchise as we advance towards our goal of becoming a leading global biopharma company.”
“I’m very excited to be joining Zai Lab, given its robust pipeline of innovative clinical compounds,” said Dr. Sandler. “I look forward to accelerating the development of Zai’s extensive and differentiated pipeline of oncology compounds, guide them through regulatory review, and bring them as quickly as possible to patients in need in China and around the world. I am also excited about working to identify additional product candidates to further expand Zai’s oncology portfolio.”
Dr. Sandler brings nearly 30 years of oncology and drug development experience across industry and academia. During his tenure at Genentech/Roche, he led the teams responsible for the global development and regulatory approval of several innovative medicines, most recently Tecentriq®. Prior to joining Genentech/Roche, Dr. Sandler served as Professor and Chief of Hematology/Oncology at Oregon Health and Science University. Previously, he served on the faculties of the medical schools of Indiana University and Vanderbilt University. He holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from Rush Medical College. Dr. Sandler completed his training in internal medicine and a fellowship in medical oncology at Yale-New Haven Medical Center. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed publications, articles, abstracts and book chapters.
About Zai Lab
Zai Lab (NASDAQ:ZLAB; HKEX: 9688) is an innovative commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on bringing transformative medicines for cancer and infectious and autoimmune diseases to patients in China and around the world. We aim to address significant unmet medical needs in large, fast-growing segments of the pharmaceutical market. To that end, our experienced team has secured partnerships with leading global biopharmaceutical companies in order to generate a broad pipeline of innovative marketed products and drug candidates. We have also built an in-house team with strong drug discovery and translational research capabilities and are establishing a pipeline of proprietary drug candidates with global rights. Our vision is to become a leading global biopharmaceutical company, discovering, developing, manufacturing and commercializing our portfolio in order to impact human health worldwide.
For additional information about the company, please visit www.zailaboratory.com or follow us at www.twitter.com/ZaiLab_Global.
For more information, please contact:
ZAI LAB CONTACTS:
Zai Lab
Billy Cho, CFO
+86 137 6151 2501
billy.cho@zailaboratory.com
Media: Ryo Imai / Robert Flamm, Ph.D.
Burns McClellan, on behalf of Zai Lab
212-213-0006 ext. 315 / 364
rimai@burnsmc.com / rflamm@burnsmc.com
Investors: Pete Rahmer / Mike Zanoni
Endurance Advisors, on behalf of Zai Lab
415-515-9763 / 610-442-8570
prahmer@enduranceadvisors.com / mzanoni@enduranceadvisors.com
Zai Lab Limited