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Japanese drugmaker Takeda has launched Fruzaqla (fruquintinib) in its home country. 22 November 2024
Biotechnology
Chinese biopharma CStone Pharmaceuticals has announced a strategic commercial collaboration with Pharmalink Store, a prominent pharmaceutical company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 22 November 2024
Biotechnology
Zhongshan-based biopharma company Akeso will await the verdict of the Chinese medicines regulator on a penpulimab-based combo therapy. 22 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
Shanghai-based Zai Lab and New York’s Pfizer are to work together on the commercialization of Xacduro (sulbactam-durlobactam) in China. 22 November 2024
Biotechnology
Hong Kong-based Sino Biopharm has signed an equity investment and strategic collaboration agreement with LaNova Medicines, advancing its oncology focus. 22 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
Japanese drugmaker Eisai has announced that the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) treatment Rozebalamin for Injection (mecobalamin) has been launched in Japan as a treatment for slowing progression of functional impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 21 November 2024
Biotechnology
San Diego-based Kura Oncology and Japan’s Kyowa Kirin have entered into a global strategic collaboration to develop and commercialize ziftomenib. 21 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
Shanghai-based Leading Tac Pharmaceutical has announced the successful completion of a series A financing round, raising over 100 million yuan ($14 million). 21 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
Ascentage Pharma will see its investigational BCL-2 selective inhibitor, lisaftoclax, assessed under China’s Priority Review scheme. 20 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
California, USA-based biotech Cytokinetics saw its shares fall as much as 4% to $9.67 yesterday, after it announced a deal with Germany’ Bayer. 20 November 2024
Biotechnology
Californian oncology-focused biotech Avenzo Therapeutics has announced a pair of important updates. 19 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
Big pharmas are not deterred by China’s increasingly complex business environment. Instead, they are changing strategies to minimize risks while continuing to benefit from China, said speakers at ChinaTrials held last week in Shanghai. 18 November 2024
Biosimilars
Following US approval in May this year, South Korea’s Samsung Bioepis and US biotech Biogen have now won approval from the European Commission (EC) for their Opuviz 40mg/mL solution for injection in a vial, a biosimilar referencing Regeneron and Bayer’s Eylea (aflibercept). 18 November 2024
Biotechnology
Shanghai-based Junshi Biosciences has received UK regulatory approval for Loqtorzi (toripalimab) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). 18 November 2024
Biotechnology
Chinese biotech Keymed Biosciences has entered an exclusive licensing agreement with Platina Medicines for its bispecific antibody candidate, CM336. 18 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
In yet another sign of the mounting interest in radiopharmaceuticals, Tongrui Biopharma, a Chinese innovator in this area, has announced the completion of a $100 million series A+ financing round. 18 November 2024
Biotechnology
Shanghai-based biopharma Zai Lab has announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering at $25.50 per share, aiming to raise around $200 million. 15 November 2024
Biosimilars
South Korean biosimilars company Celltrion today announced its acquisition of iQone Healthcare Switzerland a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on distribution, sales, and marketing in Switzerland. 15 November 2024
Biotechnology
Merck & Co has entered into an exclusive global license to develop, manufacture and commercialize LM-299 from China-based clinical-stage biotech LaNova Medicines, bringing the US pharma giant into the newly attractive PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody space. 15 November 2024
Biotechnology
Japanese drugmaker Nippon Shinyaku and USA-based Atsena Therapeutics have entered into an exclusive license agreement for the commercialization of ATSN-101 in the USA and Japan for advancing Atsena’s first- in-class, investigational gene therapy ATSN-101 for Leber congenital amaurosis caused by biallelic mutations in GUCY2D (LCA1). 13 November 2024
Pharmaceutical
The Lancet has published detailed results from the Phase III SKYLIGHT 1 study of fezolinetant. 14 March 2023
Biotechnology
The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) for enfortumab vedotin for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer (la/mUC). 10 March 2023
Biotechnology
The US subsidiary of Japanese drug major Astellas Pharma today announced disappointing top-line results from the Phase III MORPHO clinical trial evaluating gilteritinib as a maintenance therapy following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for patients with FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3)-internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML). 9 March 2023
Biotechnology
Biotech companies in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are trailing Western rivals in terms of venture capital financing, according to a report from GlobalData. 9 March 2023
Biotechnology
Japanese biotech Carna Biosciences has terminated a licensing deal with its Chinese partner BioNova Pharmaceuticals and regained all China rights of the asset AS1763, a BTK inhibitor treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-cell NHL). 8 March 2023
Biotechnology
Eisai and Biogen have announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) 100 mg/mL injection for intravenous use. 6 March 2023
Pharmaceutical
Japanese drugmakers Kyorin Pharmaceutical and Sumitomo Pharma have entered into a license agreement for the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of vibegron, a therapeutic agent for overactive bladder (OAB), in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam. 6 March 2023
Pharmaceutical
Japan’s Teijin Parma has entered into an exclusive global license agreement with Swiss pharma giant Novartis to research, develop, manufacture and commercialize an investigational pre-clinical candidate for proteinuric kidney diseases. 6 March 2023
Biosimilars
South Korea’s Celltrion Healthcare saw its shares gain more than 7% to 57,700 Korean won on Friday, after it presented new data for its novel subcutaneous infliximab treatment, CT-P13 SC, also known as Remsima, at the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization congress last week. 6 March 2023
Generics
Taiwan generics drugmaker Lotus Pharmaceuticals has received approval in Vietnam for its cancer drug vinorelbine soft gel in two varieties - 20mg and 80mg- to compete with the branded version Navelbine, originated by French drugmaker Pierre Fabre. 3 March 2023
Biotechnology
USA-based Ambrx Biopharma and partner NovoCodex Biopharmaceuticals have announced an update on ACE-Breast-02, a Phase III breast cancer trial. 2 March 2023
Pharmaceutical
Florida, USA-based Avenue Therapeutics, which was founded by Fortress Biotech, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with AnnJi Pharmaceutical, a Taiwanese clinical-stage drug company. 2 March 2023
Biotechnology
Shanghai Junshi Biosciences had more positive news, this time on its monoclonal antibody (MAb) candidate ongericimab, adding to the successful trials results for its toripalimab in breast cancer last week. 1 March 2023
Biotechnology
Sino-American biotech BeiGene yesterday reported financial results, showing that revenues for the fourth quarter and full year 2022 was $380.1 million, missing consensus estimates of $345 million by 2%, and $1.4 billion, respectively, compared to $214.0 million and $1.2 billion in the prior-year periods. 28 February 2023
Biotechnology
The Biologics License Application (BLA) for Leqembi (lecanemab), an investigational anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody, has been designated for Priority Review by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China. 28 February 2023
Pharmaceutical
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has approved the oral androgen receptor inhibitor (ARi) darolutamide plus ADT in combination with docetaxel in the indication of metastatic prostate cancer. 27 February 2023
Pharmaceutical
The spread of the COVID-19 epidemic has basically ended in China, though it is not completely over, according to a senior health expert, quoted on the website of the country’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). 27 February 2023
Biotechnology
An antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) from AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo has secured approval in China. 24 February 2023
Biotechnology
UK pharma major AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) saw its shares dip 1.2% after it announced an exclusive global license deal with KYM Biosciences. 23 February 2023
Biotechnology
Ono Pharmaceutical’s shares closed down 2.3% at 2,784 yen today, after the Japanese drugmaker revealed it has signed a collaboration and option agreement with Boston, USA-based biotech Cue Biopharma (Nasdaq: CUE) for CUE-401. 22 February 2023
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