Greater China News
Innovent Announces Phase 2 Clinical Study of Higher dose 9 mg Mazdutide (IBI362) in Chinese Adults with Obesity Achieved the 24-Week Primary Endpoint
ROCKVILLIE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Innovent) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, metabolic, autoimmune, ophthalmology and other major diseases, today announced that the phase 2 clinical study of higher dose (9 mg) mazdutide (Innovent R&D Code: IBI362) in Chinese adults with obesity achieved the 24-week primary endpoint.
Results of Phase I Clinical Study of Qilu Pharma’s PD-1/CTLA-4 Bifunctional Antibody Iparomlimab/Tuvonralimab Published Online in Journal of Hematology & Oncology
JINAN, China, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 8, 2023, the authoritative oncology journal, Journal of Hematology & Oncology (JHO, 2022 impact factor of 23.168) published the results of the Phase I clinical study of Qilu Pharma's immunotherapy bifunctional antibody, QL1706 (Title: First-in-human phase I/Ib study of QL1706 (PSB205), a bifunctional PD1/CTLA4 dual blocker, in patients with advanced solid tumors).
SINOVAC’s CoronaVac® Answers Hong Kong’s Need for Self-Pay COVID-19 Vaccines
HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. ("SINOVAC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced it will provide its inactivated COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac® (original strains), to self-paying groups in Hong Kong.
HUTCHMED Announces Appointment of Independent Non-executive Director and Member of Board Committees
HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, China and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HUTCHMED (China) Limited (“HUTCHMED” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM, HKEX:13) today announces that Professor Solange Peters is appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director, member of the Technical Committee and member of the Audit Committee of the Company with effect from the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held on May 12, 2023.
The First International Conference On Single-Cell And Spatial Omics is held in Guangzhou, China: the Golden Age of Single Cell Analysis
GUANGZHOU, China, May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 16th 2023, the first International Conference on Single-cell and Spatial Omics (TICSSO-1) has come to a grand conclusion.
Neuboron Medical Group and Xiamen Humanity Hospital Make ‘Grand Debut’ at Xiamen BNCT Tech Forum to Drive Clinical Application and New Drug Development
NANJING, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On April 22, Neuboron Medical Group (NMG), a leading global Accelerator-based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (AB-BNCT) total solution provider, and Xiamen Humanity Hospital (XHH) collaborated to co-host the Xiamen BNCT Technology Forum 2023 at the BNCT center in XHH.
Zion Pharma Announces Global Agreement with Roche to Develop and Commercialize a Blood Brain Barrier Penetrant Oral HER2 Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor
HONG KONG & SUZHOU, China & SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zion Pharma Limited, a Chinese biotechnology company focused on the development of brain-penetrable compounds, today announced that Roche has acquired the global rights to Zion’s lead program, ZN-A-1041. ZN-A-1041 is an orally administered selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2).
Chance Pharmaceuticals and Acorda Therapeutics Announce Agreement to Provide INBRIJA® in Greater China
HANGZHOU, China, May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chance Pharmaceuticals and Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that they have entered into distribution and supply agreements to provide INBRIJA® in Greater China (Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao). INBRIJA is indicated in the United States for the intermittent treatment of episodic motor fluctuations (OFF episodes) in adult patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) treated with a levodopa/dopa-decarboxylase inhibitor.
Bliss Biopharmaceutical Enters Into a Clinical Trial Collaboration Agreement With an Option of Strategic Collaboration With Eisai for BB-1701
HANGZHOU, China, May 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bliss Biopharmaceutical (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd, ("BlissBio") a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing differentiated antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapeutics, announced a clinical trial collaboration agreement with option for strategic collaboration with Eisai Co., Ltd. ("Eisai"), for BB-1701, eribulin-payload based ADC directed against Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) for the treatment of cancers.
Cullgen Raises $40 Million in New Financing Led by AstraZeneca-CICC Fund
SAN DIEGO & SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cullgen Inc., a leading biotechnology company developing small molecule therapeutics based on its proprietary uSMITE™ platform of targeted protein degradation technology, today announced that it has raised $40 million in new financing.
