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China’s CDE Approves Multitude Therapeutics’ AMT-676 for Clinical Study in Solid Tumors
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The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of China has granted clinical study approval for Multitude Therapeutics Inc.’s proprietary injectable drug candidate, AMT-676, as indicated on the CDE website. The drug is intended for the treatment of solid tumors. AMT-676 is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that targets CDH17, a gene situated…
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Mabwell Bioscience Initiates Phase III Trial for 9MW2821 Combo in Urothelial Carcinoma Following NMPA Clearance
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Mabwell (Shanghai) Bioscience Co., Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company listed in China (SHA: 688062), has announced the commencement of patient enrollment for a pivotal Phase III clinical trial. The study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of 9MW2821 in combination with toripalimab for the first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced…
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US FDA Approves Updated COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Ahead of Winter
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to two updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in anticipation of the winter season. Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna have both received authorization for their vaccines, which are designed to address the KP.2 variant of the virus, a subset of the omicron strain. The…
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Shouyao Holdings Receives Clinical Trial Approval for SY-7166 in Treating Multiple Myeloma
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Shouyao Holdings (Beijing) Co., Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Beijing and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SHA: 688197), has announced that it has obtained clinical trial approval for its drug candidate SY-7166 for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) as a monotherapy. SY-7166 is a highly potent and…
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Takeda Prepares to File Dengue Fever Vaccine for US Approval, Expanding Global Regulatory Reach
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Takeda Pharmaceutical, a leading Japanese pharmaceutical company listed on the NYSE (NYSE: TAK), is reportedly preparing to submit its dengue fever vaccine for regulatory approval in the United States, according to the Nikkei Asian Review. At this juncture, specifics regarding the timing of the filing or the anticipated decision date…
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Henlius Biotech’s Biosimilar Herceptin Approved by Health Canada for Breast and Gastric Cancer Treatments
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Shanghai Henlius Biotech Inc., a leading biopharmaceutical company based in China and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKG: 2696), has announced that its UK partner, Accord Healthcare Inc., has received marketing approval from Health Canada. This approval permits the use of Hanquyou (trastuzumab; HLX02), a biosimilar to Roche’s…
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Jiangsu Simcere Pharmaceutical Gets NMPA Green Light for SIM0508 Clinical Trial in Advanced Solid Tumors
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Jiangsu Simcere Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, a Chinese pharmaceutical company listed in Hong Kong (HKG: 2096), has announced that it has obtained clinical trial approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its pipeline candidate SIM0508. This molecule is a DNA polymerase theta (Pol theta) small molecule inhibitor, which is…
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Mabwell Bioscience Receives Approval for Phase III Trial of 9MW2821 in Cervical Cancer from China’s CDE
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Mabwell (Shanghai) Bioscience Co., Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company listed in China (SHA: 688062), has received approval from the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) in China to proceed with a Phase III clinical trial for its pipeline candidate, 9MW2821. The study is designed as a randomized, open, controlled, multi-center trial, comparing…
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Gene Cradle Initiates First Regulatory Gene Therapy Study in China for Late-Onset Pompe Disease
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Gene Cradle, a Beijing-based gene therapy specialist, has achieved a milestone by administering its GC301 to the first patient with late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) in a regulatory study in China. This marks the nation’s first patient dosing of an adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy for LOPD. GC301 is an innovative…
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Phase I Success for Shandong Xinhua’s OAB-14, Advancing to Phase IIa in Alzheimer’s Therapy
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Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, a Chinese pharmaceutical company listed in Shenzhen (SHE: 000756), has declared the successful completion of a Phase I clinical trial for its OAB-14 drug candidate in a dry suspension formulation. Following the positive outcome, the company is now gearing up to initiate a Phase IIa…
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Hunan Warrant Pharmaceutical’s ZG-002 Receives NMPA Approval for Clinical Trials in Plaque Psoriasis
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Hunan Warrant Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, a pharmaceutical company based in China and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s Science and Technology Innovation Board (SHA: 688799), has received clinical trial approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its Category 1 drug candidate, ZG-002. This new molecule is intended for…
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UK MHRA Approves Eisai and Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi, Despite NICE Reimbursement Rejection
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The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted approval for Leqembi (lecanemab), a co-developed Alzheimer’s disease drug by Eisai Co., Ltd (TYO: 4523) and Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB). This development, however, was met with a refusal from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the…
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Everest Medicines Launches Trial for Personalized mRNA Cancer Vaccine EVM16 in Solid Tumors
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Everest Medicines, a biopharmaceutical company based in China and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKG: 1952), has announced the commencement of an investigator-initiated trial (ITT) for its cutting-edge personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, EVM16. The trial, spearheaded by Beijing Cancer Hospital and Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, is a…
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Regeneron’s Linvoseltamab Faces FDA Complete Response Letter, Awaiting Reinspection of Manufacturer
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., a leading biopharmaceutical company based in the US and listed on the Nasdaq (NASDAQ: REGN), has encountered a setback in its pursuit of market approval for the bispecific antibody (BsAb) linvoseltamab. The US FDA has issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) regarding the company’s filing for this…
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CK Life Sciences’ Halneuron Receives FDA Fast-Track Designation for Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathic Pain
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CK Life Sciences (HKG: 0775), a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in China, has received fast-track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its drug candidate Halneuron, which contains tetrodotoxin, for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain (CINP). Halneuron is an innovative injectable form of tetrodotoxin, a naturally occurring…
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Innovent Biologics’ Fulzerasib Receives NMPA Approval for Advanced NSCLC Treatment in China
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Innovent Biologics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company based in China and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKG: 1801), has announced that it has obtained marketing approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its drug fulzerasib. This approval grants the company the green light to market fulzerasib, under…
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Qilu Pharmaceutical’s Biosimilar Ranibizumab Receives NMPA Approval, Marking a First in China
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Qilu Pharmaceutical, a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has announced that its biosimilar version of Novartis’s blockbuster drug Lucentis (ranibizumab) has received market approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). This regulatory nod positions the product as the first biosimilar of its kind to be approved in China. Ranibizumab, a vascular…
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BrightGene Bio Receives FDA Clearance for Generic Eribulin APIs, Advancing in Breast Cancer Treatment
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BrightGene Bio-Medical Technology Co., Ltd, a Chinese pharmaceutical company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SHA: 688166), has announced the receipt of a First Adequate Letter from the US FDA for the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) of its generic version of Eisai’s Halaven (eribulin), signifying that the drug has successfully…
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Daiichi Sankyo Launches Tarlige for Diabetes Peripheral Neuropathic Pain in China
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Daiichi Sankyo (TYO: 4568), a leading Japanese pharmaceutical company, has announced the official market launch of its medication Tarlige (mirogabalin) in China, targeting the treatment of diabetes peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP). This third-generation calcium channel regulator received marketing approval in China in July of this year and holds the potential…
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Akeso Biopharma’s Ivonescimab Earns Category 1 Recommendation in China’s 2024 Lung Cancer Clinical Guideline
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Akeso Biopharma, a China-based pharmaceutical company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKG: 9926), has achieved a significant milestone with its bispecific antibody ivonescimab (AK112). This innovative drug, which targets both programmed death-1 (PD-1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), has been included in the “Clinical Practice Guideline for…
