Pharmaceuticals
Akeso's Penpulimab Receives NMPA Approval for First-Line Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Cancer
HONG KONG, March 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Akeso Inc. (9926.HK) announced that its innovative, self-developed anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, penpulimab, has been officially approved by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for the first-line treatment of recurrent or metastatic nasop...
Insilico Medicine Secures $110 Million Series E Financing to Advance AI-Driven Drug Discovery Innovation
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Insilico Medicine("Insilico"), a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, announced today that it has successfully secured a$110 million Series E financing led by a private equity fund of Value Partners ...
WuXi XDC Wins Multiple Awards at Asia-Pacific Biopharma Excellence Awards 2025
SHANGHAI, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi XDC Cayman Inc. ("WuXi XDC", or the "Company", stock code: 2268.HK), a leading global CRDMO (Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization) specializing in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and other bioconjugates, has been honored with...
BioCity Biopharmaceutics Co., Ltd. Announces Clinical Collaboration to Evaluate BC3195 in Combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors
SHANGHAI, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BioCity Biopharmaceutics Co., Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration agreement with MSD (Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA), to evaluate the combination of BioCity's BC3195 ...
GC Cell Initiates First Patient Dosing in Phase 1 Clinical Trial for GCC2005, a Promising T‑Cell Lymphoma CD5 CAR-NK Therapy
YONGIN, South Korea, March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GC Cell (KRX:144510), under the leadership of CEOSungyong Won, announced today the initiation of its domestic Phase 1 clinical trial for GCC2005 (AB‑205), a novel CD5 CAR‑NK cell therapy. This "first patient dosing" marks a critical milestone in...
STEQEYMA® (ustekinumab-stba), a biosimilar to STELARA® (ustekinumab), now available in the United States
* STEQEYMA®, one of the first-wave biosimilars to STELARA®, is now available in the U.S. * Approved for the same indications as the reference product, STEQEYMA will be priced with a wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) list price at an 85% discount to the current WAC list price of STELARA to help...
111, Inc. to Participate in Fireside Chat with Water Tower Research on March 26, 2025
SHANGHAI, March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 111, Inc. ("111" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: YI), a leading tech-enabled healthcare platform company committed to reshaping the value chain of healthcare industry by digitally empowering the upstream and downstream in China, today announced that it will par...
Caliway's CBL-514 Phase 2 Study (CBL-0202) Accepted for Publication in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal
Advancing Scientific Recognition in Non-Surgical Fat Reduction * Caliway's CBL-514 Phase 2 study (CBL-0202) has been accepted for publication inAesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ), the top-ranked journal in aesthetic medicine and plastic surgery. * Clinical data (ITT population) showed that over ...
Harbour BioMed Launches Élancé Therapeutics to Advance Next-Generation Obesity Therapies
- Élancé Therapeutics aims to improve current obesity treatment, specifically to increase overall body weight loss and fat mass loss, but preserve and even increase muscle and lean mass - Élancé Therapeutics will leverage HCAb-based bispecific antibody technology to advance these next-generation ...
WuXi XDC and AbTis Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Next-Generation ADCs
SHANGHAI and SEOUL, South Korea , March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi XDC Cayman Inc. ("WuXi XDC" or the "Company", stock code: 2268.HK), a leading global CRDMO (Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization) specializing in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and other bioconjugates...
Harbour BioMed Appoints Dr. Ian Y. Liu as Global Head of Legal
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SHANGHAI, March 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142), a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel antibody therapeutics focusing on immunology and oncology, today announced ...
Harbour BioMed Appoints Michael D. Patten as Chief Strategy Officer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SHANGHAI, March 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142), a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel antibody therapeutics focusing on immunology and oncology, today announced ...
Doer Biologics Completes Enrollment of the Phase 2 Clinical Study of DR10624 for Treatment of Severe Hypertriglyceridemia
HANGZHOU, China, March 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zhejiang Doer Biologics Co., Ltd. ("Doer Bio"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative biotherapeutics for metabolic diseases and cancers,today announces that DR10624, its first-in-class (FIC), tri-specific agonist targeting...
RiboX Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase I/IIa Clinical Trial of RXRG001, the First Circular RNA Therapy for the Treatment of Radiation-Induced Xerostomia and Hyposalivation
PRINCETON, N.J., March 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- RiboX Therapeutics Ltd. (RiboX), a pioneering biopharmaceutical company, focused on discovering and developing fully engineered circular RNA therapeutics, today announced that the first patient was dosed last week in its first-in-human (FIH) Phase I/...
U.S. FDA approves Celltrion's OMLYCLO® (omalizumab-igec) as the first and only biosimilar with interchangeability designation referencing XOLAIR®
* OMLYCLO® (omalizumab-igec) is the first and only omalizumab biosimilar approved by theFDA * Regulatory approval for interchangeability was supported by positive phase III data demonstrating comparable efficacy and safety profile with the reference product XOLAIR® (omalizumab)[1] * The ava...
GenAssist Ltd Announces FDA Clearance of Investigational New Drug Application for GEN6050X, a Globally First-in-Class Base Editing Drug for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
SUZHOU, China, March 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 06, 2025, GenAssist Ltd (GenAssist), a pioneering gene-editing biotechnology company specializing in genome medicines, is thrilled to announce that it has receivedclearance from the U.S Food and Drug Administration(FDA) for its Investigational...
Akeso Announces Completion of Patient Enrollment in The Phase III Clinical Trial of Cadonilimab for Adjuvant Treatment of High-Risk Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma
HONG KONG, March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Akeso, Inc. (9926. HK) ("Akeso" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the completion of patient enrollment for its Phase III registrational clinical trial (COMPASSION-22/AK104-306) evaluating cadonilimab, the world's first PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibod...
CStone Submits Clinical Trial Application in Australia for CS5001 (ROR1 ADC) in Combination with First-Line Standard-of-Care for DLBCL
* Phase Ib trial to evaluate CS5001 in combination with R-CHOP as a first-line treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), aiming to reshape the standard-of-care landscape. * CS5001 is also being investigated globally in a multi-center Phase Ib clinical trial for multiple solid tumor...
SECuRE trial update: 92% of pre-chemo participants experience greater than 35% drop in PSA levels across all cohorts. Cohort Expansion Phase commences.
HIGHLIGHTS * Safety Review Committee (SRC) meeting confirms end of the Dose Escalation Phase and commencement of the Cohort Expansion Phase (Phase II stage) of the SECuRE study. * Based on the efficacy and safety assessment of all cohorts and the focus on earlier stages of treatment, the SRC...
SanyouBio Launches 73 Whole-Series Bispecific Reference Antibody Products, Facilitating New Breakthroughs in Bispecific Drug Development
SHANGHAI, March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SanyouBio announced today the official launch of 73 whole-series bispecific antibody reference products, covering globally approved and representative clinical-stage bispecific antibody drugs. The launch of this product series will provide robust support fo...
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