Novo Nordisk to Acquire Akero Therapeutics for $5.2 Billion, Secures Future Value with Efruxifermin
Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE: NVO) announced today that it will acquire Akero Therapeutics (NASDAQ: AKRO) for...
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Hengrui’s HRS‑4729 GLP‑1 Triple Agonist Receives NMPA Approval for MASLD & MASH
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600276, HKG: 1276) announced that its investigational drug HRS‑4729...
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy Granted FDA Approval for Metabolic-Associated Steatohepatitis
Danish biopharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE: NVO) announced on August 15, 2025, that its...
Boehringer Ingelheim and Echosens Expand Partnership to Tackle MASH
Germany-based Boehringer Ingelheim and France-based Echosens have expanded their partnership to enhance early screening, precise...
Suzhou’s PegBio Launches Hong Kong IPO Amid Pipeline Progress
Suzhou-based endocrine-metabolism biotech PegBio Co., Ltd. (HKG: 2565) has successfully launched its Hong Kong IPO,...
Eli Lilly Licenses OliX Pharma’s OLX75016 for MASH and Cardiometabolic Diseases
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) has signed a licensing agreement with OliX Pharmaceuticals, Inc....
Huadong Medicine’s DR10624 Receives NMPA Approval for MAFLD and MASH Clinical Trials
China-based Huadong Medicine Co., Ltd (SHE: 000963) has announced that it has received approval from...
Huadong Medicine’s HDM1005 Receives FDA Approval for MASH Clinical Study
Huadong Medicine Co., Ltd (SHE: 000963), a China-based pharmaceutical company, has announced that it has...
NucMito and Amoytop Biotech Seal Deal for Development and Commercialization of NASH Drug Candidate in Greater China
NucMito, a pioneering nuclear receptor drug developer headquartered in Xiamen, has entered into a licensing...
Kanghong Pharmaceutical’s NASH Drug KH629 Approved for Clinical Trials in China
Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd (SHE: 002773), a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has announced that...
Ascletis Pharma Faces US Import Ban for NASH Drugs ASC41 and ASC43F in Trade Secrets Dispute
China’s Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKG: 1672) is navigating legal proceedings involving its oral thyroid hormone...
Ascletis Pharma’s ASC40 Earns FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Fibrotic MASH
China-based Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKG: 1672) has announced that ASC40 (denifanstat), a fatty acid synthase...
Hinova Pharmaceuticals’ HP515 Receives NMPA Approval for NASH Clinical Study
Hinova Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biotech firm headquartered in Chengdu and listed on the Shanghai Stock...
Amoytop Biotech Opts for NASH Drug Candidate KN069 in Licensing Deal with Alphamab Oncology
Xiamen Amoytop Biotech Co., Ltd (SHA: 688278), a biopharmaceutical company based in China, has exercised...
Rona Therapeutics Secures USD 35 Million in Series A+ Round to Advance Nucleic Acid Therapies
Rona Therapeutics, a Shanghai-based nucleic acid drug developer, has secured USD 35 million in a...
Moon Biotech Secures Exclusive State-Owned Fund Investment in Series C+ Round
Moon (Guangzhou) Biotech Co., Ltd, a leading microbiome platform company based in China, has reportedly...
CSPC Pharmaceutical’s βKlotho Monoclonal Antibody JMT202 Receives Clinical Trial Approval from NMPA
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd (HKG: 1093), a leading pharmaceutical company based in China, has announced...
89bio Partners with BiBio Biopharma to Build API Facility for Pegozafermin in China
U.S. biotechnology company 89bio (NASDAQ: ETNB) has secured the services of China-based Contract Development and...
Sino Biopharmaceutical Advances Lanifibranor and TQA2225 into Late-Stage Clinical Trials for MASH
Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd (HKG: 1177), a leading biopharmaceutical company based in China, has announced the...
Boehringer Ingelheim Partners with Suzhou Ribo Life Science to Develop siRNA Therapies for NASH/MASH
Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), a Germany-headquartered pharmaceutical company, has entered into a collaboration agreement with Suzhou...