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Nona Biosciences, a subsidiary of HBM Holdings Ltd (HKG: 2142), has entered into a strategic partnership with U.S. biotechnology company Alkyon Therapeutics, Inc. (AlkyonTx). The collaboration aims to develop next-generation immunotherapy and other targeted therapy applications, leveraging Nona’s proprietary Harbour Mice fully human antibody platform. The financial details of the…
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Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (HKG: 1877; SHA: 688180) has announced that it has received two indication approvals from the European Commission (EC) for its PD-1 inhibitor, Loqtorzi (toripalimab). This marks a significant expansion of the drug’s utility in the European Union, where it can now be used in combination…
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Abbisko Therapeutics Co., Ltd (HKG: 2256), a Shanghai-based biotechnology company, has announced that it has received clinical trial approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for ABK3376, an epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI). This drug is co-developed with Allist Pharmaceuticals Inc., (SHA: 688578), and is intended…
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HBOW Bio, a precision oncology company supported by Sherpa Healthcare Partners, has secured clinical trial approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its innovative drug candidate NC527-X. This first-in-class near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) tumor imaging agent is recognized as the world’s first drug to harness low oxygen pathways for…
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Antengene Corp., Ltd (HKG: 6996), a biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced that it has received New Drug Application (NDA) approval in Thailand for its drug Xpovio (selinexor). This approval allows the use of Xpovio in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone to treat adult patients with relapsed or refractory…
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Wuhan YZY Biopharma Co., Ltd (HKG: 2496), a biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced the presentation of interim analysis results from a Phase Ib clinical study for its investigational drug M701 at the 2024 European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress. M701 is a recombinant anti-EpCAM and CD3 human…
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Allist Pharmaceuticals Inc. (SHA: 688578), a Shanghai-based pharmaceutical company, has announced that it has received clinical trial approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its AST2303, an oral small molecule epidermal growth factor (EGFR) inhibitor, for adult patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that carries the…
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Sanofi (EPA: SAN; NASDAQ: SNY) has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a third indication for its CD38 antibody Sarclisa (isatuximab) for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM). The new approval allows for the first-line use of Sarclisa in combination with standard-of-care treatments, specifically bortezomib,…
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Yuhan, a South Korean pharmaceutical company, and its partner Janssen Biotech, a subsidiary of US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J; NYSE: JNJ), have reportedly decided to halt the development of a next-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This strategic…
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Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (SHA: 688506), a biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced that it has received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to advance its drug candidate, GNC-077, into clinical trials for the treatment of advanced solid tumors. GNC-077 is a multi-specific antibody developed on…
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SciClone Pharmaceuticals Inc. (HKG: 6600), a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has received approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct a Phase III bridging study for its drug Orserdu (elacestrant), the world’s first selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) originally developed by Eisai. The Phase III study, which is randomized,…
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ApolloBio Corp., a joint stock company of China’s leading cephalosporin manufacturer Jincheng Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (SHE: 300233), has announced that it has received clinical trial approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for VGX-3100. This drug, hailed as the world’s first therapeutic vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), is…
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Jacobio Pharma (HKG: 1167), a biopharmaceutical company based in China, has received the green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to commence a Phase I/IIa clinical study for its investigational new drug, JAB-23E73. This in-house developed pan-KRAS inhibitor has shown promise in simultaneously inhibiting both active and…
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Yantai Dongcheng Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd (SHE: 002675), a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has received clinical trial approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for its 18F-LNC1007 injection, a novel radioactive diagnostic drug. This drug is designed to target fibroblast activating protein (FAP) and integrin alpha-v beta-3, which are biomarkers…
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Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd (SHA: 600196; HKG: 2196), a leading pharmaceutical company in China, has received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), recommending the approval of its anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor, HanSiZhuang, in combination with carboplatin and…
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At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2024 conference, AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN, LON: AZN) presented updated data from the HIMALAYA Phase III trial, demonstrating sustained and clinically meaningful overall survival (OS) benefits for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who had not previously received systemic therapy and for whom…
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Johnson & Johnson (J&J; NYSE: JNJ)has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for its EGFR/c-MET bispecific antibody, Rybrevant (amivantamab-vmjw), in combination with standard chemotherapy, for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring epidermal growth factor…
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Beijing’s Apollobio, has announced that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has granted market approval for its innovative therapeutic vaccine VGX-3100. This vaccine, which targets HPV-16/18 related anal precancerous lesions, is a significant advancement in the treatment landscape for conditions associated with Human Papillomavirus (HPV). The vaccine’s approval follows a…
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Merck, Sharp & Dohme Inc. (MSD; NYSE: MRK) has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new indication for its programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor, Keytruda (pembrolizumab). The approval allows for the use of Keytruda in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy as a first-line treatment…
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Global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca (AZ, NASDAQ: AZN, LON: AZN) has reported updated results from the Phase III LAURA study on its EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI), Tagrisso (osimertinib), at the 2024 European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress. The study included data from the Chinese cohort, highlighting the drug’s efficacy in…