Business Development
Antengene Enters into Commercialization Partnership with Hansoh Pharma for First/Only-in-Class XPO1 Inhibitor XPOVIO®(selinexor) in the Mainland of China
Antengene Corp. announced today the entrance into a collaboration agreement between Antengene and Hansoh Pharma for the commercialization of XPOVIO® in the mainland of China.
DualityBio Expands Global Strategic Partnership with BioNTech to Accelerate Development of a Third Antibody-Drug Conjugate Therapeutics for Solid Tumors
Duality Biologics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. ("DualityBio"), a clinical-stage biotech company focusing on the discovery and development of next generation antibody-drug conjugate ("ADC") therapeutics to treat patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced that the company has expanded its collaboration with BioNTech SE to develop, manufacture and commercialize a third ADC candidate DB-1305 globally, excluding Mainland China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region. DB-1305 is currently in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT05438329) for solid tumors.
China’s CanSino in mRNA vaccine deal with AstraZeneca
CanSino Biologics (6185.HK) has agreed with AstraZeneca (AZN.L) to provide "contract development and manufacturing services" to support the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker's messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine programme, the Chinese company said on Tuesday.
GenScript Biotech and T-MAXIMUM Biotech Form Strategic Alliance on cGMP sgRNA
PISCATAWAY, N.J. and NANJING, China, Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GenScript Biotech, the world's leading life-science research tools and services provider, and T-MAXIMUM Biotech, a biotechnology company pioneering universal cell therapies, have formed a strategic collaboration agreement to enable the development of T-MAXIMUM's development CAR-T cell therapy using GenScript's CRISPR nucleic acid reagents.
Corium and Lotus Pharmaceutical Enter into Exclusive License Agreement for Innovative Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment ADLARITY® in Multiple Markets Across Asia
BOSTON & TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corium, LLC (“Corium”), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company leading the development and commercialization of novel neuroscience therapies, and Lotus Pharmaceutical (1795:TT; “Lotus”), a multinational pharmaceutical company, announced that the companies have entered into an exclusive Collaboration and License Agreement for ADLARITY® (donepezil transdermal system), an innovative Alzheimer’s dementia treatment, in ten markets across Asia.
Mundipharma International Corporation Limited, Mundipharma Medical Company, and Acrotech Biopharma Inc. Enter Agreement to Transfer License of FOLOTYN® (Pralatrexate) in China to CASI Pharmaceuticals
CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics and pharmaceutical products, today announced the execution of an Assignment Agreement (the "Agreement") with Mundipharma International Corporation Limited ("MICL"), Mundipharma Medical Company ("MMCo"), and Acrotech Biopharma Inc. ("Acrotech") for the commercialization of FOLOTYN® (Pralatrexate) in the People's Republic of China ("China").
Amarin and Lotus Pharmaceuticals Announce Exclusive Partnership Agreement to Commercialize Vazkepa® (Icosapent Ethyl) in Southeast Asia and South Korea
Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ:AMRN) and Lotus Pharmaceuticals (1795:TT; “Lotus”) today announced that the two companies have entered into a long-term exclusive partnership to distribute and commercialize VAZKEPA® (icosapent ethyl) across 10 countries, including nine in Southeast Asia (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations - ASEAN) and South Korea.
BPEA buys fertility clinic Indira IVF at valuation of $1.1 billion
Private equity firm BPEA EQT has acquired 60% of Indira IVF Hospital Pvt. Ltd, India’s largest chain of fertility clinics, from TA Associates and the fertility company’s founders at a valuation of about $1.1 billion, according to two people familiar with the transaction.
CASI Pharmaceuticals Acquires Global Intellectual Property Rights to Cleave Therapeutics’ VCP/P97 Inhibitor CB-5339
CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics and pharmaceutical products, today announced the execution of the Assignment Agreement (the "Agreement") with Cleave Therapeutics, Inc. ("Cleave"), pursuant to which CASI obtained all rights and global intellectual property rights related to CB-5339, a novel VCP/p97 inhibitor, as well as all remaining CB-5339 drug substance and drug product.
Biotheus Announces Strategic Research Collaboration and Worldwide License Agreement with BioNTech
Biotheus Inc. ("Biotheus"), a clinical-stage biotech company dedicated to the discovery and development of biologics for oncology and inflammatory diseases, announced today that it has entered into a strategic research collaboration, option and worldwide license agreement with BioNTech SE ("BioNTech"), a next generation immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases.
