Arrivent Biopharma Inc. and Jiangsu Alphamab Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. have signed a development deal that leverages Alphamab’s antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) research and discovery platform and could bring Alphamab up to $615.5 million.
Lotus Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is acquiring the Thailand business and commercial entity of Teva Pharma Thailand to expand its footprint in Southeast Asia.
Australian radiopharmaceutical company Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. announced its IPO on the Nasdaq to raise $200 million to advance its late-stage radiopharma candidates. Headquartered in Melbourne, Telix has operations in the U.S., Europe (Belgium and Switzerland) and Japan with an extensive pipeline of theranostic radiopharmaceutical candidates.
Life sciences venture capital company, Brandon Capital, announced the first close of its sixth fund for AU$270 million (US$180 million) during the 2024 Biotechnology Innovation Organization International Convention in San Diego. Fund VI will see Brandon Capital continue to seed new Australian and New Zealand life sciences startups, as well as advance its expansion into international markets, particularly in the U.K., Europe, and the U.S.
South Korean digital health care firm Seers Technology Co. Ltd. is targeting a ₩22.1 billion (US$16.2 million) IPO on the Korea Exchange, after upping the offering price of its 1.3 million shares to ₩17,000 per share on June 4.
As renal denervation (RDN) makes a comeback for treatment-resistant hypertension, Deepqure Inc. is advancing its RDN medical device dubbed Hyperqure with the U.S. FDA granting clearance for a U.S.-based study.
SA-012 is an N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) conjugated silencing RNA (siRNA) that targets the mRNA of the PD-L1 gene and is being developed by Suzhou Siran Biotechnology Co. Ltd. for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB).
Abtis Co. Ltd., Dong-A ST’s newly incorporated subsidiary since December 2023, is making headway with its leading Claudin18.2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidate, AT-211, according to Abtis CEO Taedong Han. “About 80% of gastric cancers do not have HER2 overexpression, but 77% overexpressed Claudin18.2,” Han told Bio Korea 2024 audience members on May 9, stressing that AT-211 was found to be highly potent against cancer cells expressing Claudin18.2 in ADC cell viability studies.
Lotus Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is acquiring the Thailand business and commercial entity of Teva Pharma Thailand to expand its footprint in Southeast Asia.
Abtis Co. Ltd., Dong-A ST’s newly incorporated subsidiary since December 2023, is making headway with its leading Claudin18.2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) candidate, AT-211, according to Abtis CEO Taedong Han. “About 80% of gastric cancers do not have HER2 overexpression, but 77% overexpressed Claudin18.2,” Han told Bio Korea 2024 audience members on May 9, stressing that AT-211 was found to be highly potent against cancer cells expressing Claudin18.2 in ADC cell viability studies.
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