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Atom brings in $12.3M in series A to advance hyperuricemia, gout candidate

June 27, 2018
By Elise Mak
HONG KONG – Jiangsu, China-based Atom Bioscience and Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. plans to advance its lead drug candidate – ABP-601 to treat hyperuricemia and gout – into clinical trials in the U.S. after completing a ¥80 million (US$12.3 million) series A round of financing from an undisclosed angel investor.
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Xian Janssen launches Simponi, expands anti-TNF options for patients in China

June 27, 2018
By David Ho and Elise Mak
HONG KONG – Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd. has launched Simponi (golimumab injection), making it the first once-monthly self-injectable anti-TNF biologic for patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in China.
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Salubris buys Biovention for $73M for entry into med tech

June 26, 2018
By Elise Mak

Xian Janssen launches Simponi, expands anti-TNF options for patients in China

June 25, 2018
By David Ho and Elise Mak
HONG KONG – Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd. has launched Simponi (golimumab injection), making it the first once-monthly self-injectable anti-TNF biologic for patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in China.
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With Tmall deal, Alibaba Health takes bigger chunk of China's online med-tech market

June 21, 2018
By Elise Mak

Henlius heads to Australia for phase I trial of PD-L1 antibody

June 20, 2018
By Elise Mak
HONG KONG – Chinese biotech firm Shanghai Henlius Biotech Inc. is taking its PD-L1 antibody known as HLX-20 to Australia to enter a phase I trial for the treatment of advanced solid tumors. The approval from the Australian authorities came six months after Henlius filed the investigational new drug (IND) application for HLX-20 to the China Drug Administration (CDA), and the trial will be the company's first in Australia.
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Ascletis wins nod for first China-developed DAA, aims for HCV blockbuster

June 20, 2018
By Elise Mak
HONG KONG – Hangzhou, China-based Ascletis Pharma Inc. said its core product, Ganovo (danoprevir) for the treatment of viral hepatitis C, recently approved by the China Drug Administration (CDA), is poised to be a blockbuster for the startup.
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Ascletis wins nod for first China-developed DAA, aims for HCV blockbuster

June 18, 2018
By Elise Mak
HONG KONG – Hangzhou, China-based Ascletis Pharma Inc. said its core product, Ganovo (danoprevir) for the treatment of viral hepatitis C, recently approved by the China Drug Administration (CDA), is poised to be a blockbuster for the startup.
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Henlius heads to Australia for phase I trial of PD-L1 antibody

June 15, 2018
By Elise Mak
HONG KONG – Chinese biotech firm Shanghai Henlius Biotech Inc. is taking its PD-L1 antibody known as HLX-20 to Australia to enter a phase I trial for the treatment of advanced solid tumors. The approval from the Australian authorities came six months after Henlius filed the investigational new drug (IND) application for HLX-20 to the China Drug Administration (CDA), and the trial will be the company's first in Australia.
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Everest moving eravacycline into China, files IND to start phase III testing in cIAI

June 13, 2018
By Elise Mak
HONG KONG – Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Watertown, Mass., said its Chinese partner, Everest Medicines Ltd., has filed an application with Chinese regulators to initiate the phase III trial of its lead product eravacycline in complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs).
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