Pharmaceuticals
WuXi Biologics to Acquire CMAB and Form Strategic Partnership with CBC Group
SUZHOU, China, March 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Biologics ("WuXi Bio") (2269.HK), a global company with leading open-access biologics technology platforms, today announced it has entered into a purchase agreement with CBC Group ("CBC"), a healthcare-dedicated investment firm, and other compani...
Merck Accelerates European Expansion Plans for Single-use Products Critical to Manufacturing Vaccines and Lifesaving Therapies
DARMSTADT, Germany, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Merck, a leading science and technology company, will add a single-use assembly production unit at its Life Science Center in Molsheim,France. With the € 25 million investment, the company is accelerating its European expansion plans for this key...
WuXi Biologics to Acquire Biologics DS and DP Manufacturing Facilities from Pfizer China
HANGZHOU, China, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Biologics ("WuXi Bio") (2269.HK), a global company with leading open-access biologics technology platforms, today announced that it has entered into an equity agreement with Pfizer China ("Pfizer") to acquire its state-of-the-art biologics manu...
WuXi Vaccines Achieves Weather-Tight Construction Milestone on Main Building of Manufacturing Facility Despite COVID-19
SHANGHAI and DUNDALK, Ireland, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Vaccines, a world-leading vaccine Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), today announced it achieved the weather-tight construction milestone of its vaccine manufacturing facility currently under construction ...
Merck Reports Topline Data for Bintrafusp Alfa as Second-Line Monotherapy Treatment in Biliary Tract Cancer
Not intended for US-, Canada- or UK-based media DARMSTADT, Germany, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced topline data from the Phase II INTR@PID BTC 047 study evaluating bintrafusp alfa as a monotherapy in the second-line treatment of ...
Sihuan Pharmaceutical (0460.HK): 'A Friend of Time' 2021 - The Turning-point Year
HONG KONG, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd. plays a pivotal role in China's domestic medical industry and is a leading company for the development of the country's cardio-cerebral vascular prescription drugs. According to IMS data in 2018, Sihuan Pharmaceut...
QBiotics Welcomes TDM Growth Partners As Cornerstone Investor in a Capital Raise To Accelerate Drug Development Timelines
Key highlights: * QBiotics welcomes TDM Growth Partners as cornerstone investor * TDM Growth Partners is investing A$50 million into QBiotics to accelerate QBiotics' human drug development pipeline, support marketing of the company's veterinary pharmaceutical STELFONTA® and strengthen the QBi...
CBC Group Announces the Appointment of Roger Perlmutter as Science Partner
SHANGHAI, March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CBC Group ("CBC"), a healthcare-dedicated investment firm, is pleased to announce that Roger M. Perlmutter, M.D., Ph.D., currently non-Executive Chairman, Merck Research Laboratories, joins CBC as Science Partner and a member of its Scientific Advisory Bo...
Antengene Included in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, March 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene", SEHK: 6996.HK), a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing global first-in-class and/or best-in-class therapeutics in hematology and o...
Antengene Appoints Minyoung Kim as General Manager of Antengene South Korea
SHANGHAI and SEOUL, South Korea, March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene", SEHK: 6996.HK), a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and commercializing global first-in-class and/or best-in-class therapeutics in hematolo...
SuperTrans Medical appoints Australian partners to provide crucial clinical research in the battle against drug-resistant bacteria
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperTrans Medical has announced the appointment of three Australian companies to play pivotal roles in an upcoming clinical drug trial that offers new hope in the plight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which the World Health Organisati...
Cardinal Health signs definitive agreement to sell its Cordis business to Hellman & Friedman
DUBLIN, Ohio, March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Cordis business to Hellman & Friedman (H&F) for approximately$1 billion, which includes buyer's assumption of certain liabilities and seller's retention o...
Harbour BioMed Announces Dosing of First Patient in Tanfanercept Phase III Clinical Trial
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SHANGHAI and SUZHOU, China, March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed (HBM) (HKEX: 02142) today announced the dosing of the first patient in the Phase III clinical trial of its new global investigational tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-1 f...
Novavax Confirms High Levels of Efficacy Against Original and Variant COVID-19 Strains in United Kingdom and South Africa Trials
- 100% protection against severe disease - Final analysis in U.K. trial confirms 96% efficacy against original strain of COVID-19 - Efficacy against variants confirmed in U.K. and South Africa GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnolog...
Baxter Announces New Data on Benefits of Remote Patient Management for Home Peritoneal Dialysis World Kidney Day 11 March 2021
* Published economic modelling shows estimated reduction in hospital episodes and potential financial savings from remote patient monitoring technology. * Baxter supports World Kidney Day Steering Committee in declaring 2021 the year of "Living Well with Kidney Disease". SINGAPORE, March 11, 2...
Lianhua Qingwen -- The Leading TCM In Global Anti-Pandemic Programs
SHIJIAZHUANG, China, March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As an epitome of the Chinese civilization, traditional Chinese medicine or TCM, and western medicine, reinforce each other to protect and improve people's health. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic,China has been strengthening the inte...
Ascentage Pharma to Present the Latest Results from Six Preclinical Studies at AACR Annual Meeting 2021
SUZHOU, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a globally focused, clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, today announced that the latest preclinical...
OPTEL Group on Track for Record Year in Asia-Pacific Pharma Sales
OPTEL, a world leader in pharmaceutical track and trace for more than 30 years, expects the current fiscal year to be its best in terms of sales and project delivery to the pharmaceutical industry since the inauguration of its manufacturing plant inGoa, India, in 2016. GOA VELHA, India, March 1...
Viva Biotech Successfully Held 2021 Partnership Summit -- Novel Drug 2021, the Persistence and Transformation of Start-up Founders
SHANGHAI, March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- March 2nd-6th, 2021, Viva Biotech successfully hosted the 2021 Partnership Summit. Over 300 attendees joined the Summit, including representatives from global investment institutions, R&D heads from pharmaceutical companies, and business development leader...
Sihuan Pharmaceutical (0460.HK): Be a friend of time, 2021 is the year of turning point
HONG KONG, March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd. plays a pivotal role in the domestic medical industry. It is a leading company inChina's CCV prescription drugs. According to IMS data in 2018, Sihuan Pharmaceutical is well-known on the national hospital prescrip...
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