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Reistone Biopharma’s Ivarmacitinib Accepted for Review by China’s CDE for Atopic Dermatitis
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Reistone Biopharma Co., Ltd, a company incubated by Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (SHA: 600276) with an investment of USD 100 million in 2018, has announced that the market filing for its JAK1 inhibitor, ivarmacitinib, for the treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD) has been accepted for review by the Center…
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CDE Indicates Priority Review for Overland ADCT’s Zynlonta and BeiGene’s Brukinsa
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The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) in China has indicated that Overland ADCT BioPharma (CY) Ltd’s Zynlonta (loncastuximab tesirine), an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting CD19, and BeiGene Ltd’s (NASDAQ: BGNE, HKG: 6160, SHA: 688235) Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor Brukinsa (zanubrutinib) are on track to receive priority review statuses. Both…
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Kexing Pharmaceutical Secures Commercial Rights for Convalife’s Neratinib Generic Outside China
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China-based Kexing Pharmaceutical (SHA: 688136) has announced a licensing agreement with compatriot firm Convalife, securing commercial rights to the latter’s generic version of Puma Biotechnology Inc’s neratinib in six countries outside China. This move expands access to the oral irreversible small molecule pan-HER tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for patients in…
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Lee’s Pharmaceutical Secures Rights to Eyedetec’s Dry Eye Device in Asia-Pacific
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China-based Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd (HKG: 0950) through its subsidiary Zhaoke Ophthalmology Ltd (HKG: 6622) has announced a licensing, supply, and distribution agreement with US medical device firm Eyedetec Medical Inc. The agreement grants Zhaoke regulatory filing, import, promotion, distribution, sales, and marketing rights to Eyedetec’s dry eye device, Eye…
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NMPA Approves Betta Pharmaceuticals’ Vorolanib for Second-Line RCC Treatment in Combination with Everolimus
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The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has granted approval for Betta Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd’s (SHE: 300558) Category 1 drug vorolanib to be used in combination with everolimus for the second-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). This approval follows the market filing submitted in January last year and marks…
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Zelgen Biopharmaceuticals’ ZGGS15 Earns FDA Approval for Advanced Solid Tumor Clinical Trial
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Suzhou Zelgen Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd (SHA: 688266) has announced that it has received clinical trial approval from the US FDA for its bispecific antibody (BsAb), ZGGS15, which targets LAG-3 and TIGIT in advanced solid tumors. This marks ZGGS15 as the world’s first BsAb of its kind to reach the clinical…
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CSPC Pharmaceutical’s CPO301 Receives Health Canada Approval for Phase I Study
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China-based CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd (HKG: 1093) has announced that it has received the green light from Health Canada to initiate a Phase I clinical study. The study will assess the safety, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of its in-house developed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), CPO301, in patients with advanced solid tumors,…
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Shanghai Fosun High Technology Partners with NICE for Joint Innovation Centers
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China-based conglomerate Shanghai Fosun High Technology (Group) Co., Ltd has entered into a partnership with the National Innovation Center par Excellence (NICE), a comprehensive national technology innovation center approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). This collaboration aims to strengthen production, education, and research ties between the entities.…
