Regenerative medicine company Sanbio Co. Ltd. submitted its BLA for its lead mesenchymal stem cell-based treatment, SB-623, to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for chronic motor deficit due to traumatic brain injury. The application was submitted through Japan’s Sakigake designation system.
The NMPA’s Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) published a draft document named the Pilot Work Procedure to Speed Up the Review of Innovative Drug NDAs in February 2022. It aims to accelerate the review of new drug applications (NDAs) in China.
Three U.S.-listed China-based biopharmas were among five companies named this week by the U.S. SEC for reportedly failing to submit necessary accounting reports under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA).
With the pandemic lingering across the world and more COVID-19 therapies becoming available and in demand, the opportunity for counterfeits is growing.
Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has won a green light for inebilizumab, approved by China’s NMPA for the treatment of adults with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) who are anti-aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G (AQP4-IgG) seropositive. The decision marked Hansoh’s first biologic approval.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a provisional list of five U.S.-listed Chinese companies that reportedly failed to submit necessary accounting reports required under Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. The list included three biopharmas: Beigene Ltd., Hutchmed Ltd., and Zai Lab Ltd.
Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. Ltd. and Mabwell Bioscience Co. Ltd. have won marketing approval for the adalimumab biosimilar Junmaikang from China’s NMPA for the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriasis.
New legislation providing a tax incentive for Australian medical innovations was introduced in Australia’s House of Representatives, and industry stakeholders are lauding the move.
Shionogi and Co. Ltd. is looking to become the first company to get approval for a COVID-19 treatment under Japan’s conditional approval system as it prepares a phase III trial for S-217622 (ensitrelvir), its oral antiviral drug for COVID-19.
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