Biopharma happenings in Asia-Pacific, such as deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief, including: Actinium, Astellas, Avantgen, Beximco, Capricor, Cytokinetics, Dioscure, Fujifilm, IGM, Immunitybio, Iosbio, Ji Xing, Kaken, Kaleido, Numab, Pharmenable, Regeneron, Roche, Russian Direct Investment Fund, Sosei, União Química Farmaceutica Nacional, United Immunity, Valneva.
HONG KONG – Tapping into synergies it sees between the U.S. and Chinese biotech industries, Suzhou, China-based Ascentage Pharma Group International is aiming to get its most advanced candidate, HQP-1351, to market this year.
CAJICA, Colombia – Brazil's Butantan Institute and the government of the state of Sao Paulo released efficacy results on Jan. 7 for Coronavac, developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd., that suggest the COVID-19 vaccine is more than 78% effective.
HONG KONG - U.S. and China-based Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed an $87 million series C financing round that will pave the way for the company’s pipeline of candidates to treat nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
A decade from now, 2020 likely will be considered a year like no other in terms of the massive amounts of capital raised amid a raging pandemic. Financing transactions of all types smashed records and in terms of volume hit 1,580, a total that was 42% higher than last year.
As a virtual 39th J.P. Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference begins, typically one of the biggest events of the year, biopharma dealmaking barreled ahead with five new deals Jan. 11 that could eventually hit $1.04 billion in total.
PERTH, Australia – Australia’s Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals Industry Growth Center (MTPConnect) is boosting funding for the translation and commercialization of research in diabetes, cardiovascular disease and regenerative medicine.
Clinical updates from Asia, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications, including: AM, Arch Biopartners, Aslan, Atyr, Basilea, Cerecor, Codagenix, Creative Medical Technology, Dalcor, Dr. Reddy’s, Edesa, Immutep, Kintor, Mesoblast, Neurorx, Quantum Leap Healthcare, Relief, Russian Direct Investment Fund, Sanbio, Serum Institute of India, Windtree.
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