China was already making strides to lead the biotechnology industry in many key areas such as cell therapies and AI, but the chaotic nature of the Trump administration and the turmoil in the U.S. has catapulted China’s status as a more “dependable” partner, presenters said during the Bio Hong Kong conference, Sept. 10 to 13.
Iambic Therapeutics Inc. presented preclinical data on IAM-1363, a selective and irreversible HER2 and pan-HER2 mutant inhibitor in HER2-driven NSCLC models. In vitro studies across a panel of HER2-altered NSCLC cell lines demonstrated that IAM-1363 exhibits potent antiproliferative activity in both HER2-amplified and HER2-mutant models.
The Hong Kong biotech sector saw record growth this year, expanding 13%, fueled largely by investment in innovation ranging from CRISPR gene editing tools, cell therapies and artificial intelligence in drug discovery, speakers at the BIO Hong Kong conference said Sept. 10.
“The comment I hear a lot from scientists … is that science has no borders,” Arif Noorani, partner at Sidley Austin LLP, said while addressing the panel audience at Asia Bio 2025 in Singapore. “I agree, but the reality is, we do have a lot of borders.”
“New explosions in biotechnology are allowing us to interrogate cancers at a very sophisticated level compared to before,” Dennis Slamon told audience members at the Global Bio Conference in Seoul, South Korea Sept. 3.
Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. and Merck & Co. Inc.’s antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) ifinatamab deruxtecan produced a confirmed 48.2% objective response rate in a phase II study of previously treated patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer.
Positive phase I results in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) from Ideaya Biosciences Inc. and partner Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. with IDE-849, a potentially first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate targeting delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3) and topoisomerase 1, sharpened interest in the DLL3 mechanism, which gave Zai Lab Ltd. a phase Ia/Ib win this year in extensive-stage (ES) SCLC.
At the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) in Seattle, researchers from Ashibio Inc. reported preclinical efficacy data on vantictumab, a human monoclonal IgG2 lambda antibody that binds to multiple frizzled (FZD) receptors.
Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. and Merck & Co. Inc.’s antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) ifinatamab deruxtecan produced a confirmed 48.2% objective response rate in a phase II study of previously treated patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer.
Results from the global phase III Harmoni trial presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) showed a statistically significant increase in progression-free survival after treatment with ivonescimab plus chemotherapy compared to chemotherapy alone, but failed to show a statistically significant benefit in overall survival (OS).
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