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The China’s Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) website has indicated that China-based Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd’s (SHA: 688506) BL-M08D1 and CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd’s (HKG: 1093) SYS6010 are on track to obtain Breakthrough Therapy Designations (BTDs) from the agency. These designations are for the treatment of recurrent small cell…
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China-based Alphamab Oncology (HKG: 9966) has announced that it has received approval from the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to proceed with a Phase I/II study for its investigational drug, JSKN033. Design and Objectives of the Upcoming Phase I/II StudyThe imminent open, multi-center…
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China-based Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) Porton Pharma Solutions has entered into a strategic partnership with fellow Chinese firm Dragon Sail Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. This collaboration aims to focus on the research and development (R&D), manufacturing, and supply chain of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), with no financial terms…
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China-based CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (HKG: 1093) has announced that it has received separate clinical trial approvals from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), SYS6005 and SYS6043. Pre-Clinical Success and Potential ApplicationsBoth SYS6005 and SYS6043, classified as Category 1 biologic products with undisclosed…
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China-based Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd (HKG: 6990) has announced the commercial launch of its sacituzumab tirumotecan (SKB264/MK-2870) in China, marking a significant milestone in the treatment of adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) who have been previously treated with at least two…
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China-based Contract Research and Development Organization (CRDMO) WuXi Biologics (HKG: 2269) has announced a strategic licensing agreement with compatriot firm Hangzhou DAC Biotechnology Co., Ltd, an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) specialist, and US-based Aadi Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: AADI). The deal grants Aadi Bio global d2018evelopment and commercialization rights to a…
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Suzhou-based biotech company MediLink Therapeutics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for its antibody drug conjugate (ADC) YL201 for the treatment of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). This designation highlights the potential impact of YL201 in addressing a…
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The China’s Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) website has signaled that GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK; NYSE: GSK) Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) and Star Pharmaceutical Ltd.’s topiramate oral solution are on track to receive priority review statuses in China. Blenrep: An Antibody-Drug Conjugate for Multiple MyelomaBlenrep is an innovative antibody drug conjugate (ADC) that…
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China’s Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (HKG: 2315) has announced that Denmark-based Adcendo ApS has exercised its options within a research, option, and licensing agreement to utilize Biocytogen’s fully human antibodies. This move is aimed at bolstering Adcendo’s antibody drug conjugate (ADC) pipeline. Adcendo’s Focus on First-In-Class ADCsAdcendo is a…
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Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600276), a leading pharmaceutical company based in China, has announced that its trastuzumab rezetecan (SHR-A1811), an HER2 targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), is on course to receive Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) from the Center for Drug Evaluation of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). The…
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has conferred Priority Medicines (PRIME) designation to HS-20093 (GSK5764227), a B7-H3-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) co-developed by China’s Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd (HKG: 3692) and the UK pharmaceutical major GSK (NYSE: GSK). This PRIME designation follows Breakthrough Therapy Designations (BTDs) received in the United States…
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China-based biotech company Transcenta Holdings Ltd (HKG: 6628) announced updated results from a pre-clinical study for its LIV-1 antibody-based antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) at the 2024 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). The study focuses on the potential of LIV-1 as a therapeutic target in metastatic breast cancer. LIV-1 as…
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The website of China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has indicated that the marketing filing for Zynlonta (loncastuximab tesirine), a collaboration between China’s Overland Pharmaceuticals and Swiss firm ADC Therapeutics SA (NYSE: ADCT), has been approved. This approval allows the CD19-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) to be used for treating adult…
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China-based Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) Porton Pharma Solutions (SHE: 300363) has announced a strategic partnership with OD Kingsley Life Sciences (Yixing) Co., Ltd, a joint venture between Kingsley Pharmaceutical and Hong Kong-headquartered OD Therapeutics Limited. The partnership aims to leverage Porton’s expertise in Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC)…
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Partners Daiichi Sankyo (TYO: 4568) and AstraZeneca (AZ, NASDAQ: AZN) have jointly announced that their co-developed TROP-2-targeted antibody drug conjugate (ADC), datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd), has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The designation is based on the positive results from the Phase II…
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Shanghai Pharmaceuticals (SHA: 601607; SPH) has entered into a strategic partnership with Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd (HKG: 6990). The collaboration aims to leverage the advantageous resources of both companies to deepen market access, explore innovative financial payments, and other services for sacituzumab tirumotecan, a TROP2-targeted antibody drug conjugate (ADC)…
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Duality Biologics, a developer of antibody conjugate drugs (ADCs) with operations in the United States and China, has unveiled the first batch of results from the global Phase I/IIa clinical study for its investigational next-generation antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), BNT324/DB-1311, targeting the transmembrane glycoprotein B7-H3. The data, presented during an oral…
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China-based biopharmaceutical company Innovent Biologics, Inc. (HKG: 1801) presented updated data from the Phase I study of its IBI343, an innovative anti-CLDN18.2 antibody drug conjugate (ADC), for the treatment of advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) during an oral presentation at the ESMO Asia Congress 2024. Updated Data Highlights Efficacy and…
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US pharmaceutical giant Merck (NYSE: MRK) has revealed promising data from the Phase II waveLINE-007 study for its antibody drug conjugate (ADC) zilovertamab vedotin at the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting. Zilovertamab Vedotin’s Potential in Treating DLBCLZilovertamab vedotin, an ADC that targets receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor…
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Duality Biologics, in partnership with BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX), has announced the initial data from the global 1/2a phase clinical trial of its B7H3-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), DB-1311 (BNT324). The trial marks a significant advancement in the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors who have previously received…