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News and Trends 8 Aug 2022

HUTCHMED drug in colorectal cancer trial meets primary endpoint

A trial to look at the use of a drug targeting refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) has met its primary endpoint of overall survival (OS) in patients with the disease. China’s HUTCHMED Limited announced today (August 8) that the phase 3 FRESCO-2 trial investigating the use of fruquintinib had met all secondary endpoints too. The […]

August 8, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 8 Aug 2022

Epigenic Therapeutics raises $20M for gene editing technology

Epigenic Therapeutics Co., Ltd., a Chinese biotech gene editing company, has secured $20 million in Series Angel and Pre-A funding. The Series Pre-A funding came from investments by Morningside Venture Capital, Kingray Capital, Trinity Innovation Fund and TigerYeah Capital. Angel investor FountainBridge Capital is also participating. The proceeds will be used to advance the company’s […]

August 8, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Aug 2022

Sanofi and Innovent Biologics to collaborate on oncology medicines and boost China presence

Sanofi and Innovent Biologics are to collaborate on providing medicines to patients in China with difficult-to-treat cancers. Innovent is a biopharmaceutical company with clinical development capabilities and a broad commercial footprint in China. Both companies said they are committed to accelerating the development and commercialization of two Sanofi key clinical stage oncology assets: Phase III […]

August 4, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

In Depth 4 Aug 2022

The biggest Asia-Pacific biotech investments in July 2022

China’s vaccine developer MaxHealth Biotechnology raised the biggest private biotech investment in the Asia-Pacific region in July 2022, followed by China Immunotech and Ruibo Bio. MaxHealth Biotechnology reigned supreme in the Asia-Pacific region’s private biotech investment sphere in July 2022, with a $74 million Series B round. The company will use the money to fuel […]

August 4, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 3 Aug 2022

Patients with advanced cancer set to benefit from ProfoundBio’s new drug

Patients with ovarian, endometrial, breast, non-small cell lung cancers and mesothelioma could benefit from an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) after clearance of an investigational new drug (IND) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ProfoundBio received the FDA’s ‘study may proceed’ letter today (August 3) to evaluate PRO1184, a folate receptor […]

August 3, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 3 Aug 2022

Ascletis announces FDA clearance of oral drug to conduct study in mild to moderate COVID-19 patients

A randomized, placebo-controlled study in mild to moderate COVID-19 patients has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Investigational New Drug (IND) application for ASC10, an oral drug candidate targeting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) for COVID-19 was granted to China-based Ascletis Pharma Inc today (August 3), to conduct a Phase 1b […]

August 3, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 1 Aug 2022

Zenas BioPharma gets Chinese approval for thyroid eye disease treatment study

Zenas BioPharma has received approval of its Investigational New Drug (IND) application from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China to start a phase 1/2 clinical study of ZB001 to treat thyroid eye disease (TED). The main objective of the study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of ZB001. About […]

August 1, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 25 Jul 2022

Macao university research finds mRNA vaccine booster offers more protection against Omicron variants

A study in Macao has found people taking the BioNTech mRNA vaccine as the third booster dose produce more neutralizing antibodies against Omicron variants. The study, led by Daniel Baptista-Hon, assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the Macau University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T.), and Ligong Lu, director of Zhuhai People’s Hospital, was […]

July 25, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 20 Jul 2022

Business looks to grow life sciences sector in China

A Shanghai business says its top priority is to carry on contributing to the rapid growth of the life sciences sector in China. The ATLATL Center for Innovation & Research is a biopharma research-based open platform that builds laboratories and office spaces equipped with professional research and development (R&D) services, lab facilities and operations management. […]

July 20, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 20 Jul 2022

WuXi Biologics to build new center in Singapore as part of $1.4B investment

WuXi Biologics, a global contract research, development and manufacturing organization (CRDMO), has announced a 10-year $1.4 billion investment plan. The plan aims to expand the company’s research, development, and large-scale drug substance and drug product (DS/DP) manufacturing capacity and capabilities in Singapore. The company will build a new site that will add 120,000L biomanufacturing capacity […]

July 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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In Depth 19 Jul 2022

The biggest Asia-Pacific biotech investments in June 2022

The lab automation player MegaRobo stole the show in the Asia-Pacific region in June with a mega Series C round of $300 million. Oncology firms Doma Biopharmaceutical and Tessa Therapeutics also led the private biotech investment rankings. The Chinese lab automation developer MegaRobo was the decisive winner of June’s biotech investments in the Asia-Pacific region. […]

July 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 19 Jul 2022

SINOVAC starts influenza vaccine trial in Chile

Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, has initiated a phase III clinical trial for SINOVAC’s inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine in Chile through a collaboration with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. SINOVAC said the results aim to provide scientific evidence to support its influenza vaccine immunogenicity and protection capacity. This clinical […]

July 19, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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HUTCHMED drug in colorectal cancer trial meets primary endpoint

Epigenic Therapeutics raises $20M for gene editing technology

Sanofi and Innovent Biologics to collaborate on oncology medicines and boost China presence

The biggest Asia-Pacific biotech investments in July 2022

Patients with advanced cancer set to benefit from ProfoundBio’s new drug

Ascletis announces FDA clearance of oral drug to conduct study in mild to moderate COVID-19 patients

Zenas BioPharma gets Chinese approval for thyroid eye disease treatment study

Macao university research finds mRNA vaccine booster offers more protection against Omicron variants

Business looks to grow life sciences sector in China

WuXi Biologics to build new center in Singapore as part of $1.4B investment

The biggest Asia-Pacific biotech investments in June 2022

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