Study in Hong Kong sparks new therapeutic target for lung cancer

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Hong Kong and worldwide, but there is still an unmet clinical need ...

January 30, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Glenmark inks licensing agreement with Chinese firms for oncology drug Envafolimab

Glenmark Specialty S.A. (GSSA), a subsidiary of India-based Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Glenmark), has announced the ...

January 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
WuXi XDC and Celltrion sign MoU for integrated services for Antibody-Drug Conjugates

WuXi XDC, China-based contract research, development and manufacturing organisation (CRDMO) focused on antibody drug con...

January 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Sanyou Biopharma launches Super Trillion Peptide Molecule Discovery Platform

China-based startup Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals has officially announced the launch of its "Sanyou Super Trillion Pep...

January 22, 2024 | Monday | News
Hong Kong backs establishment of first Assistive Technology Rehabilitation and Education Centre in Mongolia

The Department of Rehabilitation Sciences of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the Department of Physical...

January 19, 2024 | Friday | News
Chinese medicine drug for myofibrillar myopathy receives orphan drug designation by US FDA

The Centre for Chinese Herbal Medicine Drug Development of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has develo...

January 12, 2024 | Friday | News
China's WuXi Biologics announces research service agreement worth $20 M with BioNTech

China's WuXi Biologics has signed a research service agreement with Germany-based BioNTech SE, a next generation immunot...

January 11, 2024 | Thursday | News
Novartis acquires China-based startup SanReno Therapeutics to enhance kidney diseases treatment

China-based startup SanReno Therapeutics,  a clinical-stage company specializing in the discovery, development...

January 5, 2024 | Friday | News
Menarini Group and Insilico Medicine ink oncology deal worth $500 M

The Menarini Group, a leading international pharmaceutical and diagnostics company headquartered in Italy, and Stemline ...

January 5, 2024 | Friday | News
Heranova Lifesciences debuts with $13.5 M funding to focus on women's healthcare

US-based startup Heranova Lifesciences Holdingce in China as well, has announced the successful completion of a $ 1...

January 2, 2024 | Tuesday | News
“We are looking at NIPT, cancer screening tests, and infectious disease surveillance as growth areas”

BGI Genomics has a strong foundation in supporting the Human Genome Project. How has the organisation evolved over the y...

December 31, 2023 | Sunday | Opinion
GenSci launches global innovation hub in Shanghai to address gynaecology and paediatrics challenges

Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical (GenSci), a subsidiary of Changchun High-Tech Industries (Group), recently held a g...

December 26, 2023 | Tuesday | News
HKBU and China Resources Enterprise establish joint innovation centre on Smart Chinese Medicine

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and China Resources Research Institute of Science and Technology (CRRIST), a subsidi...

December 21, 2023 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca buys biotech startup Gracell for $1 B to further cell therapy ambition

British biophamaceutical firm AstraZeneca has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gracell Biotechnologies Inc...

December 26, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong-based study lays focus on increased burden of laryngeal cancer in women

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has collaborated with the Associati...

December 19, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Japan-based GHIT Fund invests $8.8 M in new drug development projects for malaria

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund, headquartered in Japan, has announced an investment of approximatel...

December 15, 2023 | Friday | News
China's MGI Tech takes cutting-edge DNA, Cell and Spatial Omics capabilities to Australia

MGI Australia, a subsidiary of China headquartered MGI Tech Co., a global leader in life science technology, has announc...

December 15, 2023 | Friday | News
China-based HaploX partners with Illumina to build benchtop sequencing system

US-based Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, and HaploX, a China-based high-t...

December 12, 2023 | Tuesday | News