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PharmaEssentia Selects Pint-Pharma as Commercial Partner for BESREMi® (ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft) in Latin America
PharmaEssentia Corporation (TPEx:6446), a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical company in Taiwan, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Pint-Pharma GmbH for the registration and promotion of BESREMi® (ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft) for the treatment of polycythemia vera (PV), a rare blood cancer, in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, and Mexico.

Impact Therapeutics Entered into Global Partnership with Eikon Therapeutics to Develop and Commercialize PARP1 Selective Inhibitors
IMPACT Therapeutics ("Impact"), a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the discovery and development of targeted anti-cancer therapeutics based on synthetic lethality, and Eikon Therapeutics ("Eikon"), a biotechnology company that is advancing breakthrough therapeutics through the purposeful integration of engineering and science today announced that the companies have entered into a global license and collaboration agreement for PARP1 selective inhibitors including IMP1734, which is anticipated to enter into Phase I clinical study in 2023.

Vazyme Signs Global Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Azenta
Vazyme, China's leading biotechnology company, has officially signed a global strategic cooperation agreement with Azenta Life Sciences, which will promote to establish "one-stop" service process for both companies.

Galvanize Announces License Agreement and Partnership with Energenx Medical for its Technologies in China
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc., a leader in developing pulsed electric field therapies for COPD, solid tumors and cardiac arrhythmias, announced today that the company has signed an exclusive license agreement with Energenx Medical, Ltd to develop and commercialize its products in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau.

Lynk Pharmaceuticals Completes 200 Million RMB Series C1 Financing to Accelerate Clinical Development of Core Products
Lynk Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as 'Lynk Pharmaceuticals'), an innovative clinical stage company, today announced the successful completion of a RMB 200 million Series C1 financing round.

LTZ Announces over $10 Million Pre-A+ Financing to Advance Development of its Immunotherapy Pipeline to Treat Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases
LTZ Therapeutics – an immunotherapy-focused biotech company – today announced it has raised over $10 million in pre-A+ financing led by Qiming Venture Partners, with co-investor participation from Shunwei Capital, Lihehongxin Venture Capital Partnership and K2 Venture Partners.

FDA Approves First Oral Antiviral for Treatment of COVID-19 in Adults
SILVER SPRING, Md., May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the oral antiviral Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets, co-packaged for oral use) for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death.

Thousand Oaks Biologics and GeneQuantum Healthcare Signed A Strategic Partnership Agreement for ADC Drug Development
SUZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thousand Oaks Biologics Inc. (TOBio) and GeneQuantum Healthcare (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (GQ) are pleased to announce that they have formed a strategic partnership focusing on the CMC development of ADC products with a core conjugation technology for more stable drug candidates.

HanX Biopharmaceuticals announces HX009 IND approval from FDA
WUHAN, China, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hanx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (HanxBio), announced that the company has received Investigational New Drug (IND) approval to start clinical trial of the potentially first-in-class recombinant anti-CD47/PD-1 bispecific antibody (BsAb), HX009, in Patients with relapsed/refractory Lymphoma.

Ascentage Pharma Presents Updated Results from Multiple Clinical Studies at American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Conference
SUZHOU, China, and ROCKVILLE, Md., May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancer, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, announced today that 4 of its abstracts were selected for presentations at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.






