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Fosun Pharma and IFC Partner to Improve Access to High Quality Medicines in Africa

To support stronger healthcare delivery and outcomes in West Africa, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd. (Fosun Pharma or the Company, stock code: 600196.SH; 02196.HK) today announced a deepening partnership with IFC to help the company build a pharmaceutical production facility and distribution hub in Côte d'Ivoire.

Credit Suisse puts up China brokerage venture for sale

Credit Suisse and a joint venture partner are seeking buyers for their China securities brokerage business due to the Swiss bank's takeover by rival UBS

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).