AstraZeneca, CSPC Pharmaceutical Group establish joint venture in China

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group has entered into a contract with AstraZeneca in relation to the establishment of a joint ...

August 9, 2026 | Sunday | News
Zuellig Pharma’s John Graham on strengthening medicine authenticity across Asia

Counterfeit and unauthorised healthcare products remain a persistent risk across Asia, particularly where fragmented dis...

August 5, 2026 | Wednesday | Opinion
China's AsymBio secures $184 M capital injection to support long-term growth

AsymBio, a China-based biologics-focused Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) and a subsidiary of ...

August 5, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Ribo reports positive Phase IIa data for FXI-targeting siRNA vortosiran

Suzhou Ribo Life Science and its subsidiary Ribocure Pharmaceuticals have reported positive Phase IIa results for vortos...

August 4, 2026 | Tuesday | News
ArkBio completes cohort dosing in Australian Phase I trial of influenza candidate AK0406

Shanghai Ark Biopharmaceutical, or ArkBio, has completed dosing across all healthy-volunteer cohorts in an Australian Ph...

August 4, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Harbour BioMed and Kelun-Biotech receive China IND approval for bispecific asthma therapy

Harbour BioMed and Kelun-Biotech have received approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration to b...

August 3, 2026 | Monday | News
Antengene receives $60 million upfront payment under UCB autoimmune therapy deal

Antengene has received a $60 million upfront payment from UCB under a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement for ATG-20...

August 3, 2026 | Monday | News
Kelun-Biotech receives China clearance to begin clinical development of dual-payload ADC

Kelun-Biotech has received approval from the Center for Drug Evaluation of China’s National Medical Products Admin...

August 3, 2026 | Monday | News
Insilico Medicine launches industry's first drug discovery and development Benchmark as a Service

Hong Kong headquartered Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discover...

August 1, 2026 | Saturday | News
AsymBio kicks off construction of R&D building in China for biologics services

AsymBio, a biologics-focused Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) and a subsidiary of Asymche...

July 29, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Boston Scientific highlights pulsed field ablation’s growing role in APAC atrial fibrillation care

A growing burden demands a new approach Cardiac ablation treats AFib by targeting heart cells that send erratic signals...

July 28, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Harbour BioMed and Sinopharm enter strategic collaboration to establish innovation R&D consortium

Harbour BioMed, a US-based biopharmaceutical company, has entered into a strategic collaboration with China Nationa...

July 28, 2026 | Tuesday | News
China approves Takeda’s ORZEYFUL (oveporexton) as first Orexin Agonist and only medicine to treat Narcolepsy Type 1

Takeda China has announced that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved the use of ORZEYFUL (ov...

July 27, 2026 | Monday | News
Why Europe, not America, may be Chinese sponsors’ smartest move

It is estimated that by 2040 China-originated treatments will represent 35% of US FDA approvals. When marketing treatmen...

July 24, 2026 | Friday | Opinion
Gerresheimer starts operations at new plant in China for pharma packaging

Gerresheimer, an innovative system and solution provider and global partner to the pharma, biotech, and cosmetic industr...

July 24, 2026 | Friday | News
Ribo reports Phase 2a data for Factor XI siRNA in coronary artery disease

Suzhou Ribo Life Science and subsidiary Ribocure Pharmaceuticals have reported positive Phase 2a data for vortosiran, an...

July 23, 2026 | Thursday | News
China's Greater Bay Area opens first international clinical trial centre

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK); the People’s Government of Nansha District, Guangzhou; and Guangzhou F...

July 22, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Alebund doses first participant in global Phase IIb AP306 trial

Alebund Pharmaceuticals has randomised and dosed the first participant in its global Phase IIb multi-regional clinical t...

July 22, 2026 | Wednesday | News
ING podcast examines China’s biotech rise and shifting global pharma order

ING has examined the shifting global pharmaceutical landscape in a podcast discussion focused on China’s biotech b...

July 22, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Akeso doses first patient in Phase II bispecific ADC lung cancer study

Akeso has dosed the first patient in a Phase II clinical study evaluating AK146D1 in combination with ivonescimab for ad...

July 21, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Fangzhou launches Novo Nordisk’s once-weekly basal insulin/GLP-1 therapy in China

Fangzhou Inc. has announced the launch of Kyinsu®, the world's first once-weekly basal insulin/GLP-1 RA combination ...

July 21, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Innovent licenses Phase 2-ready anti-CD40L antibody to Spero

Innovent Biologics and Spero Therapeutics have entered into an exclusive licence agreement for IBI355, also known as SP0...

July 20, 2026 | Monday | News
Menarini and Pharmacosmos bring first-in-class oncology supportive care therapy Cosela® to Asia

Menarini Asia-Pacific has announced an exclusive partnership with Pharmacosmos A/S to register, commercialise and distri...

July 21, 2026 | Tuesday | News
AstraZeneca inks $1.5 B deal with China's Dizal Pharma for novel oral EGFR inhibitor Zegfrovy for lung cancer

AstraZeneca has entered into an exclusive license agreement with China-based Dizal Pharmaceutical for Zegfrovy ...

July 20, 2026 | Monday | News
Harbour BioMed, Kelun-Biotech receive China IND approval for asthma bispecific antibody

Harbour BioMed and Kelun-Biotech have received approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration for ...

July 17, 2026 | Friday | News