Pharmaceuticals
Fostering new opportunities in the Greater Bay Area and Asia's Pharmaceutical Industry
SHANGHAI, July 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the landmark success of CPHI & PMEC China in June 2026, which welcomed an unprecedented gathering of industry professionals and fostered pivotal connections across the pharmaceutical supply chain, attention now shifts to South China. Building on ...
Neuronata-R retains conditional approval in South Korea
South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) updates the stem cell therapy's approval in May 2026 — as the developer works to resume supply and build a U.S. research base SEOUL, South Korea, July 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in South Korea w...
Samsung Biologics announces all-cash offer to acquire PolyPeptide, accelerating multi-modality strategy and expanding global network across U.S., Europe, and India
* Samsung Biologics to launch an all-cash public tender offer for 100% of PolyPeptide's fully diluted share capital (excluding therefrom any treasury shares) at CHF 44.31 per share, representing an equity value of approximately CHF 1.46 billion. * Strong transaction support, with a unanimous ...
DIMERIX EXPANDS PIPELINE WITH ACQUISITION OF PHASE 2 READY ASSET FOR ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
Highlights * Dimerix acquires Phase 2-ready asset, DMX-652 - with potential for rapid advancement into a Phase 2 clinical study under an open US Investigational New Drug (IND) application, with initial focus on acute kidney injury (AKI) * DMX-652 offers potential to address a significant unme...
Getinge Interim Report April-June 2026: Good organic growth, high profitability and strong cash flow
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "We delivered a strong quarter both financially and operationally with several important key achievements," says Mattias Perjos, President and CEO of Getinge. Sales in Acute Care Therapies increased in most product categories, and the positive ...
Creative Life Science Advances PIC/S GMP-Compliant Cell Therapy Materials and Manufacturing Platform
Targets Japan and Singapore as Part of Broader Asia Expansion TAIPEI, July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- BIO Asia-Taiwan 2026 opens July 16 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center and runs through July 19. Creative Life Science (7837) is showcasing its upstream regenerative medicine materials, proces...
HEALEY ALS Platform Trial Regimen I enrolment completed - Topline results for NUZ-001 accelerated to Q2 CY2027
* 250 participants enrolled in less than five months from first participant dosing, representing the fastest site activation and enrolment in the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial so far * Anticipated topline efficacy and safety results for NUZ-001 now expected in late Q2 CY2027 * Completion of rec...
Telix Completes Patient Enrollment in TLX591-Px (Illuccix®) Japan Phase 3 Study
* Completed enrollment of 105 patients in Phase 3 registration study of TLX591-Px (Illuccix®) for prostate cancer imaging in Japan. * The study data will be used to support a New Drug Application (NDA) for TLX591-Px in Japan. MELBOURNE, Australia and TOKYO, July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Telix...
Telix Opens Australian-First Facility to Accelerate Delivery of New Cancer Treatments and Expand Sovereign Manufacturing
* First-of-its-kind facility in Australia where radiopharmaceuticals are developed, manufactured and administered to patients under one roof. * Patient care and research delivered in collaboration with the Melbourne Theranostic Innovation Centre (MTIC), led by its world-class clinical research...
First Patients Dosed in OPTIMAL-e Trial for Earlier Stage Prostate Cancer
* First patients dosed in OPTIMAL-e[1] Phase 2 study evaluating TLX597-Tx for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney. * OPTIMAL-e will evaluate TLX597-Tx in earlier prostate cancer treatment setting, building on the OPTIMAL-PSMA[2] study which recently com...
China Pharma Holdings, Inc. States It Knows of No Events That Could Have Caused Unusual Market Activity
HAIKOU, China, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- China Pharma Holdings, Inc. (NYSE American: CPHI) ("China Pharma" or the "Company"), a fully-integrated specialty pharmaceuticals company in China, today announced that, in view of the unusual market activity in the common stock of China Pharma on July...
Seegene: "Virus-Only Testing May Miss Pneumonia-associated Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens" Calls for a Shift to Comprehensive Syndromic PCR Testing
* Virus-only testing may miss pneumonia-associated bacterial co-detections in 78% of virus-positive cases, while bacteria-only testing may miss viral co-detections in 88% of cases positive for pneumonia-associated bacterial pathogens * Global Million Clinical Study (GMCS) to build clinical ev...
Bambusa Therapeutics Appoints Howard Liang, Ph.D. to its Board of Directors and Establishes Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Liang brings deep biopharma finance, strategy, and capital markets expertise to support the company's next phase of growth Bambusa also forms a Scientific Advisory Board of globally recognized leaders in biopharma, dermatology, and respiratory medicine to guide its immunology and inflammatio...
Ractigen Therapeutics Announces Landmark Publication in Nature Medicine Highlighting Unprecedented Preclinical Efficacy and Positive First-in-Human Clinical Data for RAG-17 in SOD1-ALS
— Peer-reviewed publication details RAG-17's robust translation from "bench to bedside," validating the proprietary SCAD™ delivery platform for CNS-targeted RNAi therapies — — First-in-Human trial met primary safety endpoints with no Serious Adverse Events (SAEs); demonstrated mean reductions of...
Septa Pharmaceuticals Inc. Acquires CeeNU® (Lomustine) from Bristol Myers Squibb, Canada
MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Septa Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Harbour BioMed and Kelun-Biotech Announce NMPA Approval of IND Application for HBM7575/SKB575 for the Treatment of Asthma
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SHANGHAI, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142), a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery and development of novel antibody therapeutics in immunology, oncology and other areas, and Kelun-Biotech (6990.HK) tod...
Ascletis Selects for Clinical Development a Fixed-Dose Combination of First-in-Class Oral Small Molecule GIPR Agonist, ASC48, and Oral Small Molecule GLP-1R Agonist, ASC30
- ASC48 is a potentially first-in-class oral small molecule GIPR agonist. - ASC48 demonstrated an EC50 of 1 pM in the hGIPR cAMP activation assay, exhibiting greater potency than tirzepatide (EC50 = 3 pM) and is a selective agonist for GIPR without activity for GLP-1R and GCGR. - ASC48 demonstra...
Kelun-Biotech and Harbour BioMed Announce NMPA Approval of IND Application for SKB575/HBM7575 for the Treatment of Asthma
CHENGDU, China, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ("Kelun-Biotech" or the "Company", 6990.HK) and Harbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142) today announced thatthe National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China has approved the Investigational New Drug (...
LumaCina Appoints Gary Bird as CEO to Accelerate Growth and Expand Global Sterile Injectables Portfolio
Executive Chair Mark Crotty to continue guiding long-term strategic direction
PERTH, Australia, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LumaCina,
GEM and Senhwa Biosciences have formally executed a Share Purchase Agreement for up to NT$500 million
TAIPEI and SAN DIEGO, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- GEM Global Yield LLC SCS ("GEM") has executed a Share Purchase Agreement (the "SPA") with the existing shareholders of Taiwan-listed Senhwa Biosciences Inc. (TPEx: 6492), under which GEM has committed up to NT$500 million (approximately US$15.5 ...
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