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CBC Group Appoints Billy Cho as Senior Managing Director, Private Equity and Co-Head, Joint Value Creation

CBC Group (“CBC”), Asia’s largest healthcare-dedicated investment firm headquartered in Singapore, today announced the appointment of Billy Cho as Senior Managing Director, Private Equity and Co-Head, Joint Value Creation.

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Kelun-Biotech Raises HK$1.26 Billion in Hong Kong IPO; Prices at Bottom of Range

Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical (HKG:6990) priced its Hong Kong initial public offering on Monday to raise HK$1.26 billion in net proceeds from the offering.

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Wall Street Banks Court Sovereign Funds for Syngenta’s $9 Billion IPO

Wall Street banks are helping approach international investors for Syngenta Group's 65 billion yuan ($9 billion) initial public offering in Shanghai.

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Novartis terminates its option agreement with BeiGene

BeiGene Switzerland and Novartis entered into a Mutual Termination and Release Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) to mutually terminate the Option Agreement, effective immediately.

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Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Pyrotech Therapeutics bags $97m in Series A round

Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Pyrotech Therapeutics has secured 700 million yuan ($97.2 million) in a Series A financing round co-led by state-owned investment firms SDIC Venture Capital and China Venture Capital, according to a company release on Monday

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InnoCare and ArriVent Announce Clinical Development Collaboration

InnoCare Pharma (HKEX: 09969; SSE: 688428), a leading biopharmaceutical company focusing on the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases and ArriVent Biopharma, a clinical stage company dedicated to accelerating the global development of innovative biopharmaceutical therapeutics, today announced a clinical development collaboration.

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Harbour BioMed Announces 2023 Interim Results Positive Profit Alert with the Enhancement of Value Driven by Innovation

Harbour BioMed (the "Company"; HKEX: 02142), a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel antibody therapeutics focusing on oncology and immunology announces that, it is anticipated that the Company will record a significant increase in its revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2023.

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HUTCHMED Announces Changes to Board of Directors and Technical Committee

Ms Ling Yang to replace Mr Lefei Sun as Non-executive Director; Professor Solange Peters appointed as Special Advisor to the Technical Committee

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LianBio Announces Clinical Supply Agreement with AstraZeneca in China to Evaluate BBP-398 in Combination with Osimertinib in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with EGFR Mutations

LianBio (Nasdaq: LIAN), a biotechnology company dedicated to bringing innovative medicines to patients in China and other major Asian markets, today announced a clinical supply agreement with AstraZeneca in China.

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Astellas Completes Acquisition of Iveric Bio

stellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, "Astellas") today announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of IVERIC bio, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISEE, CEO: Glenn P. Sblendorio, "Iveric Bio") with respect to the announcement on April 30, 2023, through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Berry Merger Sub, Inc. (the "Acquisition").