AstraZeneca to Acquire China’s Gracell Biotechnologies in $1.2 Billion Deal
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca (AZ, NASDAQ: AZN) has announced its intention to fully acquire Gracell Biotechnologies...
Cancer
FDA Grants Priority Review to MSD and Daiichi Sankyo’s ADC for Lung Cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted under priority review a filing from...
J&J’s Rybrevant-Lazertinib Combo Accepted for FDA Review in NSCLC
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J;...
Shouyao Holdings Receives Ethical Approval for Phase III Study of ALK Inhibitor SY-3505
Beijing-based Shouyao Holdings (Beijing) Co., Ltd (SHA: 688197) has announced that it has received ethical...
Hengrui Pharmaceuticals-Backed Nanjing Tianyinshan Hospital Opens as Class 3A Oncology Specialist Center
Nanjing Tianyinshan Hospital, a private Class 3A oncology specialist hospital invested in by Hengrui Pharmaceuticals...
Jiangxi Jemincare Group Secures Clinical Trial Approvals for Six Drugs in China and the US
China-based Jiangxi Jemincare Group (SHA: 603222) has announced receiving clinical trial approvals for six of...
CStone Pharmaceuticals Regains Exclusive Rights to Tibsovo in Greater China and Singapore
CStone Pharmaceuticals (HKG: 2616), a China-based biopharmaceutical company, has announced an agreement with French pharmaceutical...
Sanofi Halts Development of Tusamitamab Ravtansine After Missed Trial Endpoints
Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY) has announced the discontinuation of its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) tusamitamab ravtansine following...
CStone Pharmaceuticals Disbands Sales Team for Gavreto After NRDL Setback
CStone Pharmaceuticals (HKG: 2616) has confirmed media reports regarding the dismissal of its sales team...
Sino Biopharmaceutical Completes Enrollment for Phase III Trial of Anlotinib in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd (HKG: 1177), a China-based pharmaceutical giant, has announced the completion of patient...
Legend Biotech’s Carvykti Therapy to Include Myeloid Neoplasms Warning in Label Update
GenScript Biotech Corporation (HKG: 1548), a China-based Contract Research Organization (CRO), has announced that its...
AstraZeneca Advances to Phase III with PD-1xTIGIT BsAb for Biliary Tract Cancer
AstraZeneca (AZ; NASDAQ: AZN), a UK-based pharmaceutical company, is set to initiate a Phase III...
Lee’s Pharmaceutical’s Socazolimab Becomes China’s First PD-L1 mAb for Cervical Cancer
Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd (HKG: 0950) has secured in-licensed rights for socazolimab, a treatment for...
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Wins NMPA Approvals for SLE and Lymphoma Drug Candidates
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd (SHA: 600276), a leading Chinese pharmaceutical company, has announced that...
Gilead Acquires Pre-Clinical IL-18BP Targeting Antibody Candidate from Compugen in $848 Million Deal
Gilead (NASDAQ: GILD) has licensed a potential first-in-class IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP) targeting antibody candidate...
MSD Partners with Owkin to Develop MSI-H Biomarker Screening for Cancers
US pharmaceutical company Merck, Sharp & Dohme (MSD; NYSE: MRK) has entered into a partnership...
Sanofi Expands Oncology Portfolio with NK Cell Engager In-License from Innate Pharma
Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY) has in-licensed a natural killer (NK) cell engager candidate for solid tumors...
Konruns Pharmaceutical Gets NMPA Approval for KC1036 Clinical Study in Juventus sarcoma
Beijing-based Konruns Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (SHA: 603590) has received approval from the National Medical Products...
China Grand Pharmaceuticals Secures Distribution of Sirtex’s SIR-Spheres for Liver Cancer
China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Ltd (HKG: 0512; CGP) announced that its subsidiaries, Beijing...
European Commission Expands Keytruda Indications for Advanced Cancer Treatments
The European Commission (EC) has granted Merck, Sharp & Dohme (MSD; NYSE: MRK) additional indications...