ViiV Healthcare’s HIV-PreP Therapy Approved by China’s NMPA, Offers Alternative to Daily Medication
GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK; NYSE: GSK) subsidiary, ViiV Healthcare, has announced that it has received marketing approvals...
May 2024
Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceuticals Begins Clinical Trial for Xultophy Biosimilar
Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceuticals (SHA: 600867), a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has announced the dosing of the...
China Launches Nationwide Unannounced Inspections of Medical Insurance Funds
An inaugural meeting for the first batch of unannounced medical insurance fund inspections was conducted...
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy Shows Durable Weight Loss and Heart Health in Extended Trials
At the 31st European Congress on Obesity (ECO), Denmark’s pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk (CPH: NOVO-B)...
RemeGen’s Telitacicept Achieves Full Enrollment in Phase III Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome Trial
China-based pharmaceutical company RemeGen (HKG: 9995) has announced the completion of patient enrollment in a...
Bayer’s Q1 2024 Report Shows Slight Dip in Sales Amid Pharmaceutical Unit’s Growth
Germany-based Bayer (ETR: BAYN) has released its financial report for the first quarter of 2024,...
Novo Nordisk’s Bispecific Antibody Mim8 Achieves Milestone in Haemophilia A Trial
Novo Nordisk (CPH: NOVO-B), a pharmaceutical company based in Denmark, has announced that its bispecific...
Novo Nordisk’s Mim8 for Haemophilia A Exceeds Endpoints in Late-Stage Trial
Denmark-based healthcare company Novo Nordisk (CPH: NOVO-B) has announced positive results from a late-stage trial...
Roche and Genprex Initiate Phase I Trial Combining Tecentriq and Reqorsa for ES-SCLC
Switzerland-based Roche (SWX: ROG) is advancing the evaluation of its anti-PD-L1 drug, Tecentriq (atezolizumab), in...
BeiGene’s Brukinsa Secures Conditional Approval in China for R/R Follicular Lymphoma
BeiGene Ltd (NASDAQ: BGNE; HKG: 6160; SHA: 688235), a leading biopharmaceutical company based in China,...
AbbVie and Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals Join Forces to Develop Psychiatric Disorder Therapies
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) has announced a partnership with US-based Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals to develop a portfolio...
MSD Discontinues Vibostolimab and Keytruda Combo Trial in High-Risk Melanoma
Merck, Sharp & Dohme (MSD; NYSE: MRK) has announced its decision to cease development of...
NMPA Seeks Public Comment on Draft Proposal for Drug Re-Registration Procedures
The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China has released a draft proposal for the...
Takeda Strikes Deal with AC Immune for Global Rights to Alzheimer’s Immunotherapies
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (NYSE: TAK) has entered into an agreement with AC Immune SA...
Protein Drug Developer B&K Co., Ltd from Qingdao Eyes Hong Kong IPO
B&K Co., Ltd, known as Bio-Bank Corp., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in protein drug development...
Novartis Shakes Up Executive Suite with Appointments and Transitions
The president of Novartis (NYSE: NVS)’ International Business Unit has this week declared a series...
Healingovation Raises Over RMB 60 Million in Pre-Series A++ Round for Aquablation Surgical Robot
Healingovation, a Beijing-based innovator in surgical robots and intelligent diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, has reportedly...
Brii Biosciences’ HBV Drug Candidates Receive NMPA’s Breakthrough Therapy Designations
Brii Biosciences Ltd (HKG: 2137) has announced that two of its hepatitis B virus (HBV)...
HutchMed’s HMPL-306 Advances to Phase III Trial in R/R AML Patients
HutchMed (China) Ltd (NASDAQ: HCM; HKG: 0013) has announced the commencement of the RAPHAEL study,...
Zai Lab’s ROS1 Inhibitor Augtyro Earns NMPA Nod for Advanced NSCLC Treatment
Zai Lab Ltd (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKG: 9688), a biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced...