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Huadong Medicine Co., Ltd (SHE: 000963), a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has announced that it has received approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to initiate a Phase I/IIa study for its drug candidate HDM2027 (HDP-101). This antibody drug conjugate (ADC), co-developed with Heidelberg Pharma, targets the B cell maturation…
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RemeGen Ltd (HKG: 9995), a biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced that the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted another indication approval filing for its drug candidate disitamab vedotin (RC48). The antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) has been granted priority review status. This…
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AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN) and Daiichi Sankyo (TYO: 4568)’s co-developed antibody drug conjugate (ADC), Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan), has received conditional approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors exhibit activating HER2 (ERBB2)…
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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 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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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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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 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, 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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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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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 (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 (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…
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Dizal Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (SHA: 688192) and Burning Rock Ltd (NASDAQ: BNR, FRA: 6BU0) have announced a significant regulatory milestone in China’s precision medicine space. Their jointly developed companion diagnostic (CDx) for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion mutations (exon20ins), designed to pair with the targeted therapy sunvozertinib,…
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Nona Biosciences, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HBM Holdings Ltd (HKG: 2142), has entered into a partnership with US biotechnology company OverT Bio, Inc. to develop next-generation cell therapies targeting solid tumors. The collaboration will leverage Nona’s heavy-chain antibody (HCAb) Harbour Mice platform, with no financial specifics disclosed. Nona Bio’s HCAb…
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US pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK, NYSE: MRK) has announced that the Phase III KEYNOTE-689 study for its PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has met its primary endpoint of event-free survival (EFS) in patients newly diagnosed with stage III or IVA, resected, locally advanced head and neck squamous cell…
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China-based CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd (HKG: 1093) has announced that its best-in-class antibody drug conjugate (ADC) CPO301 has received another fast-track status in the United States for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The EGFR targeted ADC has been granted this status for the treatment of epidermal growth…
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China-based biopharmaceutical company Ascentage Pharma (HKG: 6855) has announced that it has received approval from the Center for Drug Evaluation of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct two separate Phase III clinical studies assessing its investigational drug APG-2449. The trials will evaluate the FAK/ALK/ROS1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)…
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China-based Innovent Biologics Inc. (HKG: 1801) and Jiangsu Aosaikang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (ASK Pharma, SHE: 002755) have announced a strategic collaboration and licensing agreement focused on ASK’s limertinib, a third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) designed for lung cancer treatment. Under the terms of the deal,…
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Suzhou-based biotech MediLink Therapeutics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd has announced a partnership with US pharmaceutical giant Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN). The collaboration will see the two companies conduct a global clinical trial combining MediLink’s B7-H3-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) YL201 with Amgen’s DLL3- and CD3-targeting bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) IMDELLTRA for the…