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Thousand Oaks Biologics and GeneQuantum Healthcare Signed A Strategic Partnership Agreement for ADC Drug Development
SUZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thousand Oaks Biologics Inc. (TOBio) and GeneQuantum Healthcare (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (GQ) are pleased to announce that they have formed a strategic partnership focusing on the CMC development of ADC products with a core conjugation technology for more stable drug candidates.

HanX Biopharmaceuticals announces HX009 IND approval from FDA
WUHAN, China, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hanx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (HanxBio), announced that the company has received Investigational New Drug (IND) approval to start clinical trial of the potentially first-in-class recombinant anti-CD47/PD-1 bispecific antibody (BsAb), HX009, in Patients with relapsed/refractory Lymphoma.

Ascentage Pharma Presents Updated Results from Multiple Clinical Studies at American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Conference
SUZHOU, China, and ROCKVILLE, Md., May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancer, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, announced today that 4 of its abstracts were selected for presentations at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

Antengene To Present Latest Results from TORCH-2 Study of ATG-008 in Advanced Solid Tumors in Poster Discussion at ASCO 2023
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene" SEHK: 6996.HK), a leading innovative, commercial-stage global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class and/or best-in-class medicines for cancer, today announced that the latest results from the Phase I/II TORCH-2 study will be presented as a poster at the 2023 American Society for Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (ASCO 2023) taking place from June 2nd to 6th, 2023 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, IL.

Lynk Pharmaceuticals Announces First Cohort of Psoriatic Patients Dosed with LNK01004 in Phase Ib Clinical Study
HANGZHOU, China, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lynk Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as 'Lynk Pharmaceuticals'), an innovative clinical stage company, announced that it has dosed the first cohort of psoriatic patients in a Phase Ib clinical trial of its innovative drug LNK01004.

HanAll Biopharma and Daewoong Pharmaceutical Enter into Co-Development Agreement with NurrOn Pharmaceuticals to Develop Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
ROCKVILLE, Md. and SEOUL, South Korea, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HanAll Biopharma Co., Ltd. (KRX: 009420.KS) and Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (KRX: 069620.KS) announced that they have entered into a co-development agreement with NurrOn Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Boston-based preclinical-stage biopharma.

BeiGene Presentations at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting Reinforce Promise Across Oncology Portfolio
BASEL, Switzerland & BEIJING & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BeiGene (NASDAQ: BGNE; HKEX: 06160; SSE: 688235),a global biotechnology company, today announced the presentation of new data showcasing the range of BeiGene’s research expertise and the productivity of one of the industry’s largest research and development teams at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Structure Therapeutics Initiates Phase 2a Study of Oral GLP-1 agonist GSBR-1290 for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
SAN FRANCISCO and SHANGHAI, China, May 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Structure Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: GPCR), a clinical-stage global biopharmaceutical company developing novel oral small molecule therapeutics for metabolic and pulmonary diseases, today announced that it has dosed the first patient in its Phase 2a study of its highly selective oral GLP-1 agonist GSBR-1290 in adults who are overweight or obese and otherwise healthy, and in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who are overweight or obese.

Astellas Announces Commitments to 3rd Phase of GHIT Fund Replenishment
TOKYO, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, "Astellas") today announced that it has committed to supporting the 3rd phase of the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund), together with a cross-sector group of funding partners.

TYK2/JAK1 Inhibitor AC-201 of Accropeutics Bioscience gained Human Research Ethics Committees (HREC) permission for Phase I
SUZHOU, China, May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Accropeutics Bioscience announced that its oral small molecule TYK2/JAK1 inhibitor AC-201 has been approved by the Australian Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) to launch a clinical phase I trial in Australia.






