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Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals (SHA: 603087), a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has announced that it has received marketing approval for its insulin glargine pre-filled pen in Mexico. This marks the company’s first marketing authorization as a holder (MAH) in the Mexican market. Insulin glargine, a long-acting insulin analogue that requires daily…
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Keymed Biosciences Inc., (HKG: 2162), a biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced that its drug candidate stapokibart (CM310) has been granted priority review status by China’s Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) for its potential as a treatment for chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). The IL-4Rα monoclonal antibody (mAb)…
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Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd (HKG: 1177), a leading biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced positive interim analysis results from a Phase III clinical study for its anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) monoclonal antibody (mAb) benmelstobart (TQB2450) in combination with anlotinib for the treatment of advanced unresectable or metastatic renal cell carcinoma…
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Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd (SHA: 600196, HKG: 2196) has announced that its biosimilar drug HanDaYuan has received additional indication approvals from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). HanDaYuan, a biosimilar version of AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab), an autoimmune disease therapy, is now approved to treat a wider range of…
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Jiangsu Simcere Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (HKG: 2096) has announced that it has received marketing approval from the Hong Kong health authorities for Quviviq (daridorexant), an anti-insomnia drug co-developed with Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The dual orexin receptor antagonist (DORA) will now be available in 50mg and 20mg dosages in the region,…
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NK CellTech, a Shanghai-based developer of natural killer (NK) cell therapies, has announced that it has received clinical clearance from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its proprietary genetically modified NK-cell therapy. This marks a significant milestone as the company’s molecule is set to be assessed as a treatment…
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Laekna Therapeutics Shanghai Co., Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced that it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a Phase III clinical study for its drug combination LAE001 and LAE002 (afuresertib) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who…
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Changchun High & New Technology Industries (Group) Inc. (SHE: 000661), a leading biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced that it has received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to initiate a clinical study for its Category 1 biologic product, jinnamab. This marks a significant milestone for the…
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Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd (SHA: 600276), a leading pharmaceutical company in China, has announced that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved a new indication for its PARP inhibitor, fluzoparib. The drug is now approved for use as a maintenance therapy in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer,…
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Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (SHA: 688506), a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, has announced the enrollment of the first patient in a Phase III clinical study for its investigational bispecific antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), BL-B01D1. This in-house developed molecule is designed to target locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic HR+/HER2- breast cancer. The…
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Alphamab Oncology (HKG: 9966), a biopharmaceutical company, has announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase I clinical study for JSKN016, its innovative antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting both HER3 and TROP2 in patients with solid tumors. The open-label, multi-center Phase I study is designed to conduct a…
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Jacobio Pharma (HKG: 1167), a leading biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced that its New Drug Application (NDA) for glecirasib has been accepted by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) with priority review status. The KRAS G12C inhibitor is being reviewed for its potential as a treatment for second-line…
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Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd (SHA: 600196, HKG: 2196) has achieved a significant milestone with its novel small-molecule chemical drug FCN-159, as indicated on the Center for Drug Evaluation’s (CDE) website. The drug has been granted priority review status for the treatment of plexiform neurofibroma (PN) in children aged…
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Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY), a leading US pharmaceutical company, has announced that it has received its first market approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China for Mounjaro (tirzepatide). The drug is indicated for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in patients who have…
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Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) has announced interim results from a long-term study assessing the safety and efficacy of seladelpar, a PPAR-delta agonist, in treating pruritus associated with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). The trial involved patients who had an inadequate response or were intolerant to ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), with 70% of…
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Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS; NYSE: BMY) has announced the release of long-term clinical data for Sotyktu (deucravacitinib), the company’s tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, used in the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. The data, which spans a four-year period, indicates that the first-in-class drug has maintained a clinical response rate…
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Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd (SHA: 600276), a prominent Chinese pharmaceutical company, announced that it has received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to proceed with a clinical study for its Category 1 product, SHR1905. This product is a hymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP)-targeted monoclonal antibody (mAb) intended for…
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Innovent Biologics Inc., (HKG: 1801), a leading biopharmaceutical company in China, has announced that the New Drug Application (NDA) for its investigational drug candidate IBI311 has been accepted for review by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE). IBI311 is a recombinant anti-insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) monoclonal antibody developed for…
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Zai Lab Ltd (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKG: 9688), a China-based biopharmaceutical company, in collaboration with US partner Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics, has announced the marketing approval of Sulbactam-Durlobactam (SUL-DUR) by China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). The novel intravenous combination antibiotic is now approved for the treatment of hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP)…
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) for its bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE), Imdelltra (tarlatamab), for the treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) that has proven unresponsive to chemotherapy. This accelerated approval is based on early Phase II data highlighting…