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Ascletis Announces China National Medical Products Administration Acceptance of New Drug Application for Denifanstat (ASC40), a First-in-Class FASN Inhibitor for Acne Treatment
-Denifanstat (ASC40) met all primary, key secondary and secondary efficacy endpoints (ITT analysis) and significantly improved moderate-to-severe acne vulgaris compared with placebo in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter Phase III clinical trial. HONG KONG, Dec. 10, 2025 ...
Stay True to Our Original Aspiration, Forge Ahead into the Future|Alphamab Oncology 2025 R&D Day Successfully Held
SUZHOU, China, Dec. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 8, 2025, Alphamab Oncology (Stock Code: 9966.HK) successfully held its "Stay True to Our Original Aspiration, Forge Ahead into the Future" 2025 R&D Day inShanghai. The event focused on the latest advancements in the field of antibody-drug c...
D3 Bio Secures $108 Million in Series B Financing to Advance Global Clinical Programs
SHANGHAI, Dec. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- D3 Bio, a global clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of innovative oncology therapeutics, announced the completion of a$108 million Series B financing round. The funding round was backed by a distinguished group ...
Innovent Announces First Participant Dosed in a Phase 1 Clinical Trial of IBI3011, a Recombinant Anti-Human Interleukin 1 Receptor Accessory Protein Monoclonal Antibody
SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Innovent) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic, autoimmune, ...
Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited Acquires Staccato® One Breath Technology® Platform and Assets, Driving Pipeline Expansion and Advancing Global Partnership with UCB Through Acquired Rights
* Acquisition of Staccato® One Breath Technology®, a proprietary platform technology with broad therapeutic potential * Synergistic and complementary to Lee's Pharm's existing products pipeline, and * Acquisition of rights as licensor and manufacturer of Staccato® alprazolam under a global ...
Fosun Pharma's Subsidiary Yao Pharma and Pfizer Enter into Exclusive Collaboration and License Agreement
SHANGHAI, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fosun Pharma (SSE: 600196; HKEX: 02196) today announced that its subsidiaries, Chongqing Yao Pharmaceutical Company, Limited. ("Yao Pharma"), Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Industrial Development Company Limited, and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) have entered into ...
Phase II Data of Cadonilimab Regimen as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Resectable Gastric Cancer Presented at ESMO Asia 2025
HONG KONG, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Akeso, Inc. (9926.HK) ("Akeso" or the "Company") announced that data from the Phase II study (COMPASSION-25) for its first-in-class PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody, cadonilimab, in combination with SOX regimen (oxaliplatin + tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil) as n...
Significant Improvement in Quality of Life Reported in Updated HARMONi-6 Data for Ivonescimab at ESMO Asia
HONG KONG, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Akeso, Inc. (9926.HK) ("Akeso" or the "Company") announced that at the 2025 ESMO Asia Congress, updated results from the pivotal Phase III HARMONi-6 study (AK112-306) were shared in an oral presentation by ProfessorShun Lu from Shanghai Chest Hospital. The ...
Inheritance + Innovation + Development: The "Co-development" Path of Hakka Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine
HONG KONG, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- From November 23 to 25, the Seventh World Hakka Entrepreneurs Convention was held in Meizhou,Guangdong. The conference, with the theme of "Gather Global Hakka Entrepreneurs • Facilitate High-Quality Development," upheld the principles of "openness, innovati...
Innovent Announces PECONDLE® (Picankibart Injection) Phase 3 Study (CLEAR-2) Meets Endpoints, Delivering Superior Long-Term Management Solution for Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis
SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of oncologic, autoimmune, cardiovascular and metabolic...
EpiVax and FDA Scientists Publish New Insights on Immunogenicity Risks of Peptide-Related Impurities in Generic Teriparatide
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EpiVax, Inc.
Menarini Group Presents Elacestrant (ORSERDU®) Phase 2 Combination Data in Patients with ER+, HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer (mBC) at the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
* In addition, the expansive elacestrant clinical development program updates reinforce its potential as a backbone endocrine therapy in combination settings, as well as in both metastatic and early stage breast cancer. FLORENCE, Italy and NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Menarini Gro...
Convergen Secures $10 Million Seed Funding to Advance TrimTAC Platform for Neurodegeneration & beyond
SUZHOU, China, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Convergen, a biotech company pioneering targeted protein degradation (TPD) therapies for diseases driven by pathological protein aggregates, today announced the closing of a$10 million Seed financing round. The round was invested by Qiming Venture Partn...
Halia Therapeutics Announces Positive Phase 2a Data for Ofirnoflast in Lower-Risk MDS at ASH 2025
– New findings demonstrate a 72% HI-E response rate at Week 16 with meaningful hemoglobin improvement – – Strong activity observed across ESA-refractory and ESA-intolerant patients, and across mutation and morphology subtypes – – Favorable safety profile with no treatment-related serious adverse e...
Zymedi Announces "rapaprutug" as the International Nonproprietary Name (INN) for ZMA001
INCHEON, South Korea, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zymedi (CEO Sunghoon Kim) announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) has assignedrapaprutug as the International Nonproprietary Name (INN) for the company's first-in-class antibody therapy ZMA001, being developed as a treatment for pulmon...
Servier's Voranigo® (vorasidenib) Receives Prix Galien Awards Across Multiple Regions
* Voranigo® has been awarded the Prix Galien USA, the Prix Galien Poland and the Prix Galien Bridges Awards for Best Product for Orphan/Rare Diseases. * These awards across several geographies recognize the progress represented by Voranigo® for patients living with glioma. SURESNES, France, De...
Ascletis' Oral Small Molecule GLP-1, ASC30, Demonstrated Placebo-Adjusted Weight Loss of 7.7% with Better Gastrointestinal Tolerability in Its 13-Week U.S. Phase II Study in Participants with Obesity or Overweight
- ASC30 once-daily tablets showed statistically significant and clinically meaningful dose-dependent placebo-adjusted mean body weight reductions with no observed plateau for weight loss. - ASC30 titrated weekly to target dose demonstrated approximately one-half the rate of vomiting observed w...
UCB presents positive results from GEMZ phase 3 study at AES showing fenfluramine significantly reduces countable motor seizure frequency in CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder
* Seizure reduction: phase 3 study achieved primary endpoint as fenfluramine demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in countable motor seizure frequency (CMSF) compared with placebo1 * Holistic benefit: secondary endpoints showed significant and clinically meaningful improvements ...
GC Biopharma Ships First Doses of World's First Recombinant Anthrax Vaccine, 'BARYTHRAX inj.'
- First anthrax vaccine developed using recombinant DNA technology - Annual production capacity of up to 10 million doses at GC Biopharma's facility YONGIN, South Korea, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GC Biopharma (006280.KS), a leading global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the first sh...
CARsgen Announces Data of Allogeneic BCMA CAR-T Cell Therapy CT0596 for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma at the 2025 ASH Annual Meeting
SHANGHAI, Dec. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CARsgen Therapeutics Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 2171.HK), a company focused on developing innovative CAR T-cell therapies, announced that clinical data from its allogeneic BCMA-targeted CAR T-cell product candidate, CT0596, for the treatment of relapsed/r...
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