INNOVATE Announces MediBeacon's Transdermal GFR System Receives NMPA Approval In China, Plans Year-End Launch

•MediBeacon®Transdermal GFR System (TGFR) is a first-in-kind product for point of care assessment of kidney function in patients with normal or impaired renal function

•The TGFR will be available for sale in China before the end of the year

 

NEW YORK, October 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- INNOVATE Corp. (NYSE:VATE) ("INNOVATE" or the "Company") announced today that MediBeacon Inc., a medical technology company specializing in the advancement of fluorescent tracer agents and their transdermal detection, and an equity method investment of INNOVATE, has received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for Lumitrace® (relmapirazin) injection, a non-radioactive, non-iodinated fluorescent GFR agent, has been approved by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). Lumitrace will be sold as an integral component of the Transdermal GFR System in China.

 

Lumitrace injection, together with the MediBeacon® TGFR Monitor and MediBeacon® TGFR Sensor, allow assessment of kidney function by measuring the clearance rate of the fluorescent agent as it leaves the body. The result is a transdermal assessment of Glomerular Filtration Rate or kidney function (tGFR).

 

A commercial and clinical development partnership between MediBeacon and Huadong Medicine was formed in July 2019. The TGFR will now be introduced into the clinic where it is designed to be an important tool for physicians who care for patients where kidney health is a concern. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is estimated to affect 11% of the 1.4 billion people in China.1

 

In January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the MediBeacon TGFR including Lumitrace injection for the assessment of kidney function in patients with normal or impaired renal function. In February, the NMPA approved the MediBeacon TGFR Monitor and MediBeacon TGFR Sensor in China where Lumitrace® (relmapirazin) injection is categorized as a drug with a separate approval process.