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Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Reports Q3 2024 Revenue Growth, Strengthens Drug Pipeline
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China’s Shanghai Pharmaceuticals (SPH; HKG: 2607; SHA: 601607) has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2024, reporting a total revenue increase of 6.14% year-on-year (YOY) to RMB 209.629 billion (USD 29.42 billion). The pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical business segments achieved sales of RMB 18.284 billion (USD 2.56…
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Innovent Biologics’ Picankibart Shows 64.6% Skin Clearance in Phase II Psoriasis Study
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China-based Innovent Biologics, Inc. (HKG: 1801) has announced encouraging results from the multi-center, open Phase II study of its picankibart, a recombinant anti-interleukin 23p19 subunit (IL-23p19) antibody injection. The study focused on psoriasis patients with a poor response to prior biologic treatments, primarily IL-17 antibodies. After 16 weeks of treatment…
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Livzon Pharmaceutical’s Leuprorelin Acetate Microspheres Passes China’s GQCE
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China’s Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc., (HKG: 1513, SHE: 000513) has announced that its leuprorelin acetate microspheres for injection have successfully passed the generic quality consistency evaluation (GQCE) in China. Leuprolide, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor agonist, is utilized in the treatment of prostate cancer and endometriosis. Originally developed by Japan’s…
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Xi’an Xintong Pharma’s Pradefavir Wins NMPA Nod for Chronic Hepatitis B Treatment
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The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has granted market approval for pradefavir, a Category 1 drug developed by Xi’an Xintong Pharmaceutical Research Co., Ltd., for the treatment of adult chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection under the trade name XinShuMu. Pradefavir, a nucleoside liver-targeting drug, functions by inhibiting HBV DNA…
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Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro Approved in Hong Kong for Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
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Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) has received market approval from Hong Kong’s Department of Health for its Mounjaro (tirzepatide) in KwikPen presentation, marking a significant step in the treatment of weight management and type 2 diabetes. Mounjaro is indicated for adults with obesity (BMI of 30 kg/m^2 or greater)…
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Clover Biopharmaceuticals Reports Strong Phase I Results for RSV Vaccine SCB-1019
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China-based Clover Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (HKG: 2197) has announced encouraging additional immunogenicity and safety data from its Phase I trial of SCB-1019, a non-adjuvanted bivalent RSV prefusion-stabilized F (PreF)-Trimer subunit vaccine candidate. The trial assessed SCB-1019 against GSK (NYSE: GSK)’s AS01E-adjuvanted RSV vaccine, Arexvy, in elderly subjects. In the ongoing Phase…
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Merck and Moderna Launch Phase III Study for Individualized Neoantigen Therapy in Lung Cancer
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US pharmaceutical companies Merck, Sharp & Dohme Inc. (MSD; NYSE: MRK) and Moderna Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA) have initiated the Phase III INTerpath-009 study to evaluate V940 (mRNA-4157), an investigational individualized neoantigen therapy (INT), in combination with Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda (pembrolizumab). The study will focus on patients with resectable Stage…
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Merck’s Keytruda Gains Two Additional EU Indications for Gynecologic Cancer Treatment
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Merck, Sharp & Dohme Inc., known as MSD (NYSE: MRK), has received two additional indication approvals from the European Union for its immunotherapy drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab), increasing the total number of approved uses in the region to 30. The PD-1 inhibitor is now approved for use in combination with carboplatin…
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