China-based biotech startup Laekna teams up with Eli Lilly to develop obesity treatment

Laekna, Inc., a China-based biotech company focused on novel drug development for metabolic and cancer diseases, has ann...

November 21, 2024 | Thursday | News
Merck inks deal worth up to $2.7 B with Chinese biotech startup LaNova Medicines

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, and China-based biotech startup LaNova Medicines, have anno...

November 18, 2024 | Monday | News
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies unlocks new chapter of localisation in China

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (Terumo BCT), recently held a localisation launch ceremony themed 'Unlocking a ...

November 15, 2024 | Friday | News
Chime Biologics and Waterstone team up to empower ADC development and manufacturing

China-based Chime Biologics, a leading global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) that enables it...

November 13, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Novotech and Biostar establish strategic partnership following Biostar's HKEX listing

Novotech, the global full-service clinical Contract Research Organisation (CRO) that partners with biotech companies to ...

November 12, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Ping An Health and Medtronic form strategic partnership

China-based Ping An Healthcare and Technology has established a strategic partnership with Medtronic (Shanghai) Man...

November 11, 2024 | Monday | News
Trump's Trade Tango Returns: Will China's Biotech Dance Through Another Round of Tariffs or Stumble?

With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the U.S.-China trade relationship is once again in the spotlight. T...

November 9, 2024 | Saturday | News
Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine enters into revolving loan facility of up to $100 M with HSBC

Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine, a global leading generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven biotechnology company...

November 5, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Biosynth Biological Technology opens new state-of-the-art facility in China

Switzerland-headquartered Biosynth, a leading developer and supplier of critical raw materials and services for diagnost...

October 31, 2024 | Thursday | News
Korean startup Neurophet secures significant foothold to accelerate entry into China market

South Korea-based startup Neurophet, an artificial intelligence (AI) solution company for brain disease, has secured a s...

October 31, 2024 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong Innovation Center opens to provide one-stop support for early-stage drug discovery

ATLATL Hong Kong Innovation Center, a new state-of-the-art research facility designed to provide immediate, move-in-read...

October 30, 2024 | Wednesday | News
China's WuXi Biologics launches WuXia RidGS for non-antibiotic cell line development

China-based WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has...

October 29, 2024 | Tuesday | News
HELP Therapeutics Secures FDA Approval for Phase I Study of HiCM-188 in Heart Failure Treatment

HELP Therapeutics Co. Ltd, a clinical-stage cell therapy company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat...

October 22, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong boosts biomedical industry by cultivating interdisciplinary medicine-engineering talent

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

October 18, 2024 | Friday | News
Junshi Biosciences' oncology drug Toripalimab obtains marketing approval in India and Hong Kong SAR

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, TopAlliance Biosciences Inc., has announced that toripa...

October 16, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong to develop first one-stop acute stroke management model

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) and the Prince of Wales Hospital (P...

October 15, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong-based Akeso Biopharma secures $250 M to propel global expansion of innovative drug pipeline

Akeso Biopharma, headquarterd in Hong Kong, has successfully raised approximately $250 million through a share plac...

October 14, 2024 | Monday | News
China's CanSino receives over $17 M from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate polio vaccine development

China-based CanSino Biologics Inc. has received an additional financial boost, securing a grant exceeding $17 million to...

October 10, 2024 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca inks billion dollar deal with China's CSPC Pharma to strengthen cardiovascular pipeline

British firm AstraZeneca has entered into an exclusive license agreement with China-based CSPC Pharmaceutical Group (CSP...

October 7, 2024 | Monday | News
Genentech buys China-based Regor's portfolio of next-gen CDK inhibitors for breast cancer treatment for $850 M

China-headquartered Regor Pharmaceuticals has entered into a definitive purchase agreement whereby Genentech, a member o...

October 4, 2024 | Friday | News
Sanyou Bio announces opening of new 10,000-sqm R&D facility in Shanghai

Sanyou Bio recently announced a move into its new 10,000-square-meter R&D building at Shanghai headquarter...

September 29, 2024 | Sunday | News
Bayer opens new life science incubator in Shanghai Innovation Park, China

German pharmaceutical company Bayer has announced the inauguration of its new life science incubator, Bayer Co.Lab Shang...

September 27, 2024 | Friday | News
Nuance Pharma expands distribution of nasal spray Bentrio in East and South East Asia

China-based Nuance Pharma has agreed with Altamira Medica, an associate company of Altamira Therapeutics in the US,...

September 26, 2024 | Thursday | News
Chinese biotech startup LongBio Pharma completes Series B2 financing to advance late-stage clinical studies

China-based LongBio Pharma (Suzhou), a Phase III-stage biotech startup focused on the R&D of innovative antibody and...

September 25, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Greater Bay Area International Clinical Trial Institute in Hong Kong to initiate full operations in 2024

The Health Bureau (HHB), Hong Kong government, has announced that after months of preparation with full effort since the...

September 24, 2024 | Tuesday | News