Pulmongene’s PMG1015 Wins FDA Fast Track Designation – First-in-Class AREG Antibody Targets Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Pulmongene (Beijing) Ltd. announced that PMG1015 received Fast Track Designation (FTD) from the U.S. Food...
Rare / orphan disease drugs
Changchun High-Tech Wins FDA Orphan Drug Designation for GenSci128 – TP53 Y220C Reactivator Targets Gastric Cancer
Changchun High & New Technology Industries (Group) Inc. (SHE: 000661) announced that GenSci128 received Orphan...
Tenacia Bio Licenses Ztalmy to Golden Age Health – Bain-Backed CNS Specialist Partners on Rare Epilepsy Drug in China
Tenacia Biopharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a Bain Capital-incubated CNS specialist, announced a licensing agreement with...
Hansoh Pharma Wins NMPA Approval for Two Category 1 Drugs – HS‑20152 and HS‑10587 Enter Clinical Trials in Rare Disease and Oncology
Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Company Limited (HKG: 3692) announced that two Category 1 innovative drugs have...
Abbisko Therapeutics Wins FDA Orphan Drug Designation for ABSK061 – Oral FGFR2/3 Inhibitor Targets Achondroplasia in Pediatric Patients
Abbisko Therapeutics Co., Ltd. (HKG: 2256) announced that ABSK061 received Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) from...
Sanofi’s Venglustat Wins FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation – Oral Brain-Penetrant GCSi Targets Gaucher Disease Type 3 Neurological Symptoms
Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY) announced that venglustat received Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) from the U.S. Food...
Ascentage Pharma and Haisco Secure CDE SPARK Inclusion for Pediatric Oncology Candidates – APG‑115 and HSK42360 Target High‑Unmet‑Need Childhood Cancers
China’s Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) has selected two innovative oncology assets for its Support...
BeBetter Medicine’s Ifupinostat Wins NMPA Approval for PTCL Trial – First HDAC/PI3Kα Dual Inhibitor Enters First-Line Lymphoma Study
Guangzhou BeBetter Medicine Technology Co., Ltd (SHA: 688759) announced NMPA clearance to initiate a clinical...
Abbisko’s ABSK061 Wins FDA Rare Pediatric Disease Designation – FGFR2/3 Inhibitor Targets Achondroplasia
Abbisko Therapeutics Co., Ltd (HKG: 2256) announced that ABSK061, its self-developed highly selective small-molecule FGFR2/3...
FDA Approves GSK’s Wellcovorin for Cerebral Folate Deficiency – First Treatment for Rare FOLR1 Genetic Disorder
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved expanded use of GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK, NYSE: GSK)...
Haisco’s HSK39297 NMPA Filing Accepted – Oral Factor B Inhibitor Targets Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Market
Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd (SHE: 002653) announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA)...
Xellsmart’s iPSC Neural Therapy Cleared by NMPA and FDA – First “Off‑the‑Shelf” Cell Therapy for MSA‑P Enters Clinic
Xellsmart, a Suzhou‑based stem‑cell startup, announced regulatory clearance from both China’s NMPA and the US...
Roche’s Fenebrutinib Hits Phase III Endpoint in MS – BTK Inhibitor Cuts Relapse Rate 51% vs. Standard of Care
Roche (SWX: ROG, OTCMKTS: RHHBY) announced that the pivotal Phase III FENhance 1 study for fenebrutinib in relapsing...
NMPA CDE Launches “Caring Program – Extension” Pilot – Accelerates Rare Disease Drug Development Pathway
The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) released the...
Bio-Thera’s BAT4406F BLA Accepted by NMPA – Next‑Gen Anti‑CD20 mAb for Rare Disease NMOSD
Bio-Thera Solutions Inc. (SHA: 688177) announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted the...
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Plausible Mechanism Framework – Accelerates Approval Pathway for Individualized Genetic Therapies
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft guidance titled “Considerations for the...
Mabworks’ Obexelimab β Wins NMPA Approval as First Domestic NMOSD Therapy
Beijing Mabworks Biotech Co., Ltd. announced that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved...
Amgen’s UPLIZNA Wins European Approval for Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved UPLIZNA (inebilizumab) as an...
Sanofi Invests $30 Million in GluBio’s Sickle Cell TPD Programs
GluBio Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a Zhejiang-based molecular glue targeted protein degradation (TPD) specialist, announced a...
Takeda’s Oveporexton Wins FDA Priority Review for Narcolepsy Type 1, Potential First Orexin Agonist
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TYO: 4502, NYSE: TAK) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...