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CSPC PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP LIMITED

石 藥 集 團 有 限 公 司

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

(Stock code: 1093)

VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT

"SORAFENIB TOSYLATE TABLETS"

OBTAINS DRUG REGISTRATION APPROVAL

The board of directors (the "Board") of CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited (the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") is pleased to announce that the "Sorafenib Tosylate Tablets (0.2g)" (the "Product") developed by CSPC Ouyi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.*(石藥集團歐意 藥業有限公司), a subsidiary of the Company, has obtained drug registration approval granted by the National Medical Products Administration of the People's Republic of China, and is deemed to have passed the consistency of quality and efficacy evaluation of generic drugs.

Sorafenib tosylate is a multi-kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of unresectable advanced renal cell carcinoma, unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma or hepatocellular carcinoma with distant metastasis, as well as locally recurrent or metastatic, progressive, differentiated thyroid carcinoma that is refractory to radioactive iodine treatment. The U.S. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines have listed the Product as a first-line treatment for liver cancer.

The approval of the Product further enriches the Group's product portfolio and enhances the Group's development in the oncology field.

By order of the Board

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited

CAI Dongchen

Chairman

Hong Kong, 11 May 2021

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. CAI Dongchen, Mr. ZHANG Cuilong, Mr. WANG Zhenguo, Mr. PAN Weidong, Mr. WANG Huaiyu, Dr. LI Chunlei, Dr. WANG Qingxi, Mr. CHAK Kin Man and Dr. JIANG Hao as executive directors; and Mr. WANG Bo, Mr. CHEN Chuan, Prof. WANG Hongguang, Mr. AU Chun Kwok Alan and Mr. LAW Cheuk Kin Stephen as independent non-executive directors.

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