Greater China News

Acepodia Secures $100 Million Series D Financing to Advance First-in-Class Cell Therapies with Antibody-Cell Conjugation (ACC) Platform
Acepodia announced a $100 million Series D financing led by Digital Mobile Venture with participation from additional existing investors.

Bridge Biotherapeutics to Present at the 2023 BIO International Convention
Bridge Biotherapeutics Inc. (KQ288330), a South Korean clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing novel drugs for cancer, fibrosis and inflammation, is scheduled to give a company presentation on Tuesday, June 6 at the 2023 BIO International Convention taking place in Boston, Massachusetts, between June 5 - 8, 2023.

HighField Biopharmaceuticals’ HF1K16, a New Immuno-Oncology Drug, Shows Promise in Patients with Refractory Glioblastoma
HighField Biopharmaceuticals (HighField Bio), a clinical stage immuno-oncology company using immunoliposomes to treat cancer, announced today the publication of an abstract including preliminary data from a Phase 1a clinical trial of HF1K16 in refractory metastatic cancer patients.

Asieris’ progress in MIBC receives renewed attention with its inclusion in ASCO 2023
Asieris Pharmaceuticals (688176), a global biopharma company specializing in discovering, developing and commercializing innovative drugs for the treatment of genitourinary tumors and other related diseases, announced the phase I clinical data of ANTICIPATE Study was published for the first time at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago (e16607).

Harbour BioMed Reports Results of Phase Ib Clinical Trial of Porustobart in Combination of Toripalimab in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma at ASCO 2023
Harbour BioMed (the "Company", HKEX: 02142), a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel antibody therapeutics, today announced the results of phase Ib clinical trial of porustobart (HBM4003), in combination of toripalimab in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (trial code: NCT05149027) were released at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2023.

Advances of Qilu Pharmaceutical’s QL1706 in Clinical Research Presented at ASCO Annual Meeting
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently announced the selected abstracts for the prestigious ASCO 2023 Annual Meeting. Four clinical research abstracts on QL1706 (iparomlimab/tuvonralimab), an innovative bifunctional antibody for immunotherapy, were accepted in the Poster Session.

OBI Pharma Announces Executive Leadership Management Change – Heidi Wang, Ph.D. Appointed as Chief Executive Officer
OBI Pharma, Inc. (TPEx: 4174) | Effective immediately, the OBI Pharma Board of Directors have appointed Heidi Wang, Ph.D. as Chief Executive Officer, a position previously held by Chairman and CEO, Yun Yen, MD.

NMPA accepted Akeso’s ebronucimab (PCSK9) marketing application in two cardiovascular indications
Akeso Inc. (9926. HK, "Akeso") announced today that China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted its New Drug Application (NDA) for its fully human anti-PCSK9 monoclonal antibody ebronucimab (AK102) for 2 indications 1) primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed hyperlipidemia, and 2) heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH).

Brii Biosciences Announces First Subject Dosed in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of BRII-297, Long-Acting Injectable for the Treatment of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders
Brii Biosciences Limited ("Brii Bio" or the "Company", stock code: 2137.HK), a biotechnology company developing therapies to improve patient health and choice across diseases with high unmet need, today announced the first subject has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating BRII-297, a first-of-its-kind long-acting injectable (LAI), in development for the treatment of various anxiety and depressive disorders.

Sirnaomics Dosed the First Patient in Phase I Clinical Study of GalNAc-Based RNAi Therapeutic STP122G for Anticoagulant Treatment
Sirnaomics Ltd. (the "Company"; together with its subsidiaries, the "Group" or "Sirnaomics"; stock code: 2257), a leading biopharmaceutical company engaging in discovery and development of advanced RNAi therapeutics, today announced it has dosed the first participant in a Phase I clinical trial of STP122G for anticoagulation treatment.






