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BMS’s Dual Immunotherapy Achieves Global First Approval for MSI-H/dMMR CRC in China
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On October 14, 2024, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS, NYSE: BMY) announced that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China has approved a new indication for its dual immune combination therapy, Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab), for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or deficient…
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Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical Gets FDA Approval for CD33-Targeting ADC in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, a Chinese pharmaceutical company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange as (SHA: 688506), has announced that it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase I clinical study for its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), BL-M11D1. This therapy targets CD33…
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BrightGene’s BGM0504 Shows Promise in Phase II Obesity Study Without Diabetes
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BrightGene Bio-Medical Technology Co., Ltd (SHA: 688166), a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, has announced positive results from the Phase II clinical study (CTR20233198) for its investigational drug BGM0504. This dual agonist targets GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide 1) and GIP (glucose-dependent insulin stimulating polypeptide) receptors and is being studied for the treatment of…
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Dizal Pharmaceutical’s Sunvozertinib Earns Breakthrough Designation for NSCLC from China’s NMPA
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Dizal Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (SHA: 688192), a biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced that it has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its next-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor, sunvozertinib. This designation is in relation to the drug’s potential use as…
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Reforgene Medicine’s Gene Editing Therapy RM-101 Clears IND Hurdle for Usher Syndrome Treatment
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Reforgene Medicine, a pioneer in gene editing therapy based in Guangzhou, has secured Investigational New Drug (IND) approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its flagship candidate, RM-101. This AAV-based gene editing drug is aimed at treating Usher syndrome, a genetic condition that leads to significant vision impairment…
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Jiangsu Hengrui’s RGL-193 Receives NMPA Greenlight for Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Study
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Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd, a leading pharmaceutical company based in China and listed as (SHA: 600276), has received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its Category 1 drug, RGL-193. This marks a significant step forward as the drug advances into clinical studies focused on Parkinson’s disease…
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Novartis’s Brolucizumab Accepted for Review by China’s CDE for Potential DME Treatment
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The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) has indicated that Novartis (NYSE: NVS), the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, has had its second market filing for brolucizumab accepted for review. The filing is anticipated to be for the treatment of visual impairment resulting from macular edema associated with diabetes (DME). Brolucizumab, recognized as…
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Pfizer’s Talzenna Combo Shows Improved Survival in mCRPC Patients, According to TALAPRO-2 Study
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Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has announced positive topline results regarding overall survival (OS) in the Phase III TALAPRO-2 study for Talzenna (talazoparib), an oral poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, when combined with Xtandi (enzalutamide), an androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI). This combination is used for the treatment of patients with…
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CSPC Pharma Initiates Phase III Trial for JMT101 in First-Line EGFR-Positive NSCLC Treatment
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CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd (HKG: 1093), a leading pharmaceutical company based in China, has initiated a Phase III clinical study for its Category 1 drug JMT101. This study combines JMT101 with osimertinib (Tagrisso) and compares it against osimertinib alone in the first-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic epidermal growth…
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KangaBio’s KGX101 Receives NMPA Approval for Clinical Trial in China
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KangaBio, a biopharmaceutical company based in Shanghai, has announced that its investigational new drug (IND) application for KGX101 has received clinical trial approval from the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). This Class 1 new drug, an IL-12 Fc fusion protein injection, is expected to be used for the treatment…
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Johnson & Johnson’s KLK2-CD3 Bispecific Antibody JNJ-78278343 Advances in Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials
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JNJ-78278343, a KLK2-CD3 bispecific antibody, is currently in Phase I clinical trials globally. According to data released by Johnson & Johnson (J&J, NYSE: JNJ), this drug targets kallikrein-related peptidase 2 (KLK2), an antigen highly expressed in prostate cancer, and binds to CD3 on T cells to activate them, inducing an…
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Merck KGaA’s Pergoveris Treatment Expands Access to Advanced Reproductive Care in Greater Bay Area
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Merck KGaA (MRK, NYSE: MRK) , a leading science and technology company based in Germany, has announced the availability of its ovulation-stimulating treatment Pergoveris in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area. The treatment, which combines recombinant human follicle stimulating hormone (r-hFSH) and recombinant human luteinizing hormone (r-hLH), has been approved…
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Junshi Biosciences’ Ongericimab Wins NMPA Nod for Hypercholesterolemia Treatment
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Junshi Biosciences (HKG: 1877; SHA: 688180), a leading biopharmaceutical company in China, has announced that it has received marketing approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its PCSK9 monoclonal antibody, ongericimab (JS002). This therapy is now approved for use in combination with statins or statins plus ezetimibe for…
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Juventas Cell Therapy’s CAR-T Therapy Clears for SLE-ITP Study in China
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The China Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) has given the green light for a study on inaticabtagene autoleucel (CNCT 19), a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy developed by Juventas Cell Therapy Ltd, a Chinese firm. This therapy is now approved for research in refractory systemic lupus erythematosus-associated immune thrombocytopenia…
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Immupeutics Medicine Secures NMPA Approval for Personalized Liver Cancer Immunotherapy IPM001
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Immupeutics Medicine, a pioneer in tumor immunotherapy based in Beijing, has announced that it has received clinical approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its proprietary therapy, IPM001. This marks a significant step forward in the field of cancer treatment in China. IPM001 is a groundbreaking multi-antigen targeted…
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Pfizer’s Hympavzi Secures FDA Nod, Offering Novel Once-Weekly Treatment for Hemophilia B
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Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has scored a significant win with the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of its drug Hympavzi (marstacimab-hncq) for routine prophylaxis in adults and pediatric patients aged 12 and older with hemophilia A, characterized by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII (FVIII), or hemophilia B,…
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Huadong Medicine Secures NMPA Approval for Semaglutide Biosimilar, Aims to Capture Weight Loss Market
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Nanjing-based Huadong Medicine Co., Ltd (SHE: 000963) has received clinical trial approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its biosimilar version of Novo Nordisk’s (NYSE: NVO) weight loss drug semaglutide, which is marketed under the names Ozempic and Wegovy. Huadong Medicine’s biosimilar will be evaluated for weight management…
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Coherent Biopharma’s CBP-1008 Earns FDA Fast Track for Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer
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Coherent Biopharma Ltd, a specialist in bispecific-ligand drug conjugates (Bi-XDCs) with operations in Suzhou, China, has been granted fast-track status by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational drug CBP-1008. This drug is indicated for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC), a particularly aggressive…
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Doma Biopharmaceutical Receives Green Light for Clinical Trial of Novel ADC DM001 Targeting Solid Tumors
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Doma Biopharmaceutical (Suzhou) Co., Ltd, a biotech firm with a presence in China and the United States, has received approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration to commence a clinical study for its innovative Category 1 drug DM001. This bispecific antibody drug conjugate (ADC) is designed to target advanced or…
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Harbour BioMed’s Innovative Antibody Porustobart Shows Promise in Early Clinical Trials for Melanoma
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Harbour BioMed (HKG: 2142), a biopharmaceutical company with operations in the United States, the Netherlands, and Suzhou, China, has announced the publication of the Phase I clinical study results for its CTLA-4 antibody porustobart (HBM4003) in combination with Junshi Biosciences’ PD-1 inhibitor toripalimab. This combination is aimed at treating advanced…
