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BioWorld - Friday, February 26, 2021
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Elise Mak

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Yisheng moves COVID-19 vaccine to clinic after $130M series B

Feb. 25, 2021
By Elise Mak
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Eight months after Beijing-based Yisheng Biopharma Co. Ltd. unveiled its recombinant protein vaccine candidate for COVID-19, YS-SC2-010, the company raised $130 million in a series B round to pave way for the vaccine to enter clinical trials in the second quarter of this year, the company’s CEO David Shao told BioWorld.
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Clover bags $230M in series C, moves COVID-19 vaccine to phase II/III

Feb. 23, 2021
By Elise Mak
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Chengdu-based Sichuan Clover Biopharmaceuticals Inc., known for its Trimer-Tag technology, raised $230 million in a series C financing round. The proceeds will, most notably, help it advance its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, S-Trimer (SCB-2019), to a global phase II/III trial by June. Following its $43 million series B round in December 2019, Clover said on Tuesday, Feb. 23, that it raised more than $400 million in the last 12 months. The company uses its Trimer-Tag technology platform to produce covalently-trimerized fusion proteins to develop protein-based vaccines and biologic cancer therapies.
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Cancer screening specialist New Horizon Health launches $245.08M IPO in Hong Kong

Feb. 18, 2021
By Elise Mak
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HONG KONG – The third pre-revenue med-tech firm to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in a month, New Horizon Health Technology Co. Ltd. raised HK$1.9 billion (US$245.08 million) in an IPO that began trading Thursday, Feb. 18. New Horizon placed 76.6 million shares at HK$26.66 apiece and said part of the funds will help the company commercialize its FIT-DNA test Coloclear to screen for colorectal cancer.
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Lymph nodes

Innocare raises $392M, starts phase III of orelabrutinib combo therapy for MCL

Feb. 9, 2021
By Elise Mak
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Chinese cancer and autoimmune specialist Innocare Pharma Ltd. raised HK$3.04 billion ($392 million) in private placements with two Hillhouse Capital subsidiaries and Vivo Opportunity Fund to advance its pipeline, especially its core asset, the BTK inhibitor orelabrutinib.
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Suzhou Basecare raises $235M on HKEX to advance pre-implantation genetic testing

Feb. 8, 2021
By Elise Mak
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Suzhou Basecare Medical Corp. Ltd., a genetic test developer for assisted reproduction, raised HK$1.82 billion (US$235 million) in an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Feb. 8, with shares opening nearly 10% higher. The IPO will support the company to continue to develop pre-implantation genetic (PGT) testing products for assisted reproduction.
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Lymph nodes

Innocare raises $392M, starts phase III of orelabrutinib combo therapy for MCL

Feb. 8, 2021
By Elise Mak
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Chinese cancer and autoimmune specialist Innocare Pharma Ltd. raised HK$3.04 billion (US$392 million) in private placements with two Hillhouse Capital subsidiaries and Vivo Opportunity Fund to advance its pipeline, especially its core asset, the BTK inhibitor orelabrutinib.
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Microport’s spinoff Cardioflow launches $324M IPO in Hong Kong

Feb. 4, 2021
By Elise Mak
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Chinese heart valve specialist Microport Cardioflow Medtech Corp. (HKEX:2160) launched an IPO in Hong Kong on Feb. 4, raising HK$2.5 billion (US$324 million) by issuing 205.62 million shares at HK$12.20 apiece. With J.P. Morgan, Citi and CICC backing the IPO, the stock opened at HK$21.50, up 76% from the offer price. The pre-revenue med-tech firm, spun off from Microport Scientific Corp. in 2020, develops transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) products for valvular heart diseases, and is especially known for its Vitaflow series.
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Prostate cancer cells

Proteomedix rolls out prostate cancer study in China to validate diagnostics test

Jan. 27, 2021
By Elise Mak
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A Swiss diagnostics company is looking to tap into China’s vast patient pool to validate its diagnostic test for prostate cancer. Schlieren-based Proteomedix AG inked a partnership with Zhengzhou University Henan Cancer Hospital in China to validate its Proclarix diagnostics test in the local population.
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Luye’s schizophrenia drug approval in China challenges J&J’s Risperdal Consta

Jan. 19, 2021
By Elise Mak
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Luye Pharma Group Ltd. won marketing approval in China for its risperidone microspheres for injection to treat schizophrenia, which the company said is the first formulation developed by a Chinese company in the space to get a green light. Under the trade name Ruixintuo, the long-acting drug is administered once every two weeks by intramuscular injection.
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Antibodies attacking cancer cell

Beigene inks $2.2B PD-1 deal with Novartis for cancer drug tislelizumab

Jan. 12, 2021
By Elise Mak
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BEIJING – Beigene Ltd. out-licensed its anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody tislelizumab to Novartis AG in a deal worth up to $2.2 billion, including $650 million up front. Novartis gains rights to develop and commercialize tislelizumab in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the EU, the U.K., Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Russia and Japan.
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