Novartis Partners with Sinopharm for Commercial Promotion of Gleevec and Exjade in China
Swiss giant Novartis (NYSE: NVS) entered into a promotion agreement with China-based Sinopharm Group Co.,...
Rare / orphan disease drugs
Everest Medicines’ Nefecon Gains Accelerated Approval in Taiwan and South Korea
China-based Everest Medicines (HKG: 1952) has announced receiving Accelerated Approval Designation (AAD) from the Taiwan...
China Releases Third Batch of VAT Discounts for Anti-Tumor and Rare Disease Drugs
The Ministry of Finance, General Administration of Customs, State Taxation Administration, and National Medical Products...
Mabwell Receives Approval for Clinical Study of 9MW3011 in Polycythemia Vera
China-based Mabwell (Shanghai) Bioscience Co., Ltd (SHA: 688062) has announced receiving approval to conduct a...
CANbridge’s CAN106 Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Myasthenia Gravis
China-based rare disease firm CANbridge Pharmaceuticals Inc. (HKG: 1228) has announced receiving Orphan Drug Designation...
AstraZeneca to Launch Soliris in Hangzhou After Regulatory Approval
UK-based pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca Plc (AZ, NASDAQ: AZN) has revealed plans to sell Soliris (eculizumab)...
RemeGen’s Telitacicept Set for Breakthrough Therapy Designation in Myasthenia Gravis
The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) website indicates that China-based RemeGen Co., Ltd’s (HKG: 9995,...
Pfizer Partners with CARD, CSAF, and PingAn Good Doctor at CIIE
The 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE) saw the announcement of a partnership between US-based...
Takeda Partners with CCCMHPIE to Boost Rare Disease Drug Access in China
The 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE) saw Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd’s China unit...
Reforgene Medicine RM-001 Thalassemia Gene Editing
China-based Guangzhou Reforgene Medicine Co., Ltd’s in-house developed β-thalassemia gene editing drug RM-001 (HBG gene...
Abbisko Enrolls First Patient in Phase II Study for ABSK091 in Urothelial Carcinoma
China-based Abbisko Therapeutics Co., Ltd (HKG: 2256) has announced the enrollment of the first patient...
Pulnovo Medical Raises ‘Tens of Millions’ in New Financing Round
Pulnovo Medical, a pulmonary hypertension (PH) medical device maker based in Wuxi, has reportedly raised...
RemeGen’s Telitacicept Shows Positive Results in Phase II Myasthenia Gravis Study
China-based RemeGen Co., Ltd (HKG: 9995, SHA: 688331) has released data from a Phase II...
NMPA Approves Kyowa Hakko Kirin’s Mogamulizumab for Sezary Syndrome and Mycosis Fungoides
Kyowa Hakko Kirin China Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd’s mogamulizumab, a first-in-class chemokine receptor type 4 (CCR4)...
Santhera and ReveraGen Submit NDA for Vamorolone in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Swiss firm Santhera Pharmaceuticals and US-based ReveraGen BioPharma, Inc have announced the rolling submission of...
WinHealth’s Ravicti Receives Orphan Drug Designation in Taiwan
China-based Hong Kong WinHealth Pharma Group Ltd announced that its Swiss partner Immedica Pharma AB’s...
OriginCell’s CAR-T Therapy Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Multiple Myeloma
Shanghai-based tumor immunotherapy specialist OriginCell Therapeutics has announced that its investigational autologous chimeric antigen receptor...
Mabwell Bioscience’s 9MW3011 Accepted for Review by China’s NMPA
China-based Mabwell (Shanghai) Bioscience Co., Ltd (SHA: 688062) has announced that its clinical filing for...
Kira Pharmaceuticals Gains NMPA Approval for Phase II Study of KP104 in PNH
Sino-US biotech Kira Pharmaceuticals has announced receiving approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA)...
RemeGen’s Telitacicept Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Myasthenia Gravis
China-based pharma firm RemeGen (HKG: 9995, SHA: 688331) has announced receiving Orphan Drug Designation (ODD)...