SHANGHAI – In its fourth in-licensing deal this year, Yabao Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., of Suzhou, China, signed a deal with the prestigious MRC Tech, a UK-based nonprofit, to co-develop therapeutics for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
BEIJING – At the recent China Trials 7 event, the discussion was far ranging about how to make China a second home market for foreign drug companies and a better home market for local ones, but it is clear that many challenges need to be resolved in the clinical trial space before that can become a reality.
SHANGHAI – For a small start-up with only two and a half years under its belt, Suzhou Connect Biopharmaceuticals Inc., of Suzhou, Jiangsu, is understandably pleased to be kicking off its phase I trials for CBP-307 in Australia. Developed in-house, CBP-307 is a second-generation S1P1 modulator with the potential to treat autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis (MS), psoriasis or inflammatory bowel disease.
BEIJING – The cream of the crop in China's biotech world are quietly but surely developing strategies to bring their innovative assets to global markets. That was the message shared by Rick Sax, global head and senior vice president of clinical trials and reporting at Quintiles Transnational Corp., during the recent China Trials 7 conference, where he discussed what he terms a new China biopharma paradigm.
SHANGHAI – Ascletis Inc., a Chinese biotech with deep pockets, has obtained exclusive China rights for PPI-668, an NS5A inhibitor of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), from the San Francisco-based Presidio Pharmaceuticals Inc. That candidate, in combination with a prior one licensed from Roche AG, is expected to provide Chinese patients with an interferon-free cure for HCV.
SHANGHAI – For a small start-up with only two and a half years under its belt, Suzhou Connect Biopharmaceuticals Inc., of Suzhou, Jiangsu, is understandably pleased to be kicking off its phase I trials for CBP-307 in Australia.
BEIJING – The cream of the crop in China's biotech world are quietly but surely developing strategies to bring their innovative assets to global markets. That was the message shared by Rick Sax, global head and senior vice president of clinical trials and reporting at Quintiles Transnational Corp., during the recent China Trials 7 conference, where he discussed what he terms a new China biopharma paradigm.
BEIJING – At the recent China Trials 7 event, the discussion was far ranging about how to make China a second home market for foreign drug companies and a better home market for local ones, but it is clear that many challenges need to be resolved in the clinical trial space before that can become a reality.
SHANGHAI – Ascletis Inc., a Chinese biotech with deep pockets, has obtained exclusive China rights for PPI-668, an NS5A inhibitor of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), from the San Francisco-based Presidio Pharmaceuticals Inc.
SHANGHAI – China's hospitals are now required to centralize financial management of clinical trials, set up an enhanced supervision system and strengthen their use of project management tools.
