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Legend Biotech appoints interim CEO as its chief is held for investigation

Sep. 22, 2020
By David Ho
HONG KONG – Legend Biotech Corp. head Frank Fangliang Zhang has come under investigation by mainland Chinese law enforcement in relation to suspected violations of Chinese import and export regulations, the company said.
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China’s biotech comes of age, but challenges abound

Sep. 17, 2020
By Elise Mak and David Ho
HONG KONG – Chinese biotech companies, long in-licensors of innovative biopharma assets for the region, have started to reverse the flow by out-licensing domestically generated candidates to global players.
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Hanmi considers options with diabetes candidate efpeglenatide back in-house

Sep. 15, 2020
By David Ho and Gina Lee
HONG KONG – Sanofi SA has finally ended its clinical development of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s efpeglenatide as a type 2 diabetes treatment, and the Korean firm is now considering how to move forward with developing the once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist, which employs Hanmi's Lapscovery delivery technology.
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Hanmi considers options with diabetes candidate efpeglenatide back in-house

Sep. 10, 2020
By David Ho and Gina Lee
HONG KONG – Sanofi SA has finally ended its clinical development of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s efpeglenatide as a type 2 diabetes treatment, and the Korean firm is now considering how to move forward with developing the once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist, which employs Hanmi's Lapscovery delivery technology.
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A sweet treat for Genesis Medtech as it acquires Chocolate Touch asset

Sep. 8, 2020
By David Ho
HONG KONG – Singapore-based Genesis Medtech International Pte. Ltd. has acquired the Chocolate Touch drug-coated balloon angioplasty asset from Pleasanton, Calif.-based Trireme Medical LLC. The drug-device technology asset in question is designed with the intention of providing a safer and more effective treatment for patients suffering from peripheral vascular disease, compared to traditional balloon angioplasty.
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Harbour Biomed signs research deal for COVID-19 treatment and files listing application

Aug. 25, 2020
By David Ho
HONG KONG – Last week was a busy one for Harbour Biomed Therapeutics Ltd., seeing the company sign a COVID-19 research collaboration with several Dutch institutions as well as lodge an application to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Petri dish and capsules

Singapore-based researchers find a SMART way to reduce bacterial antibiotic resistance

Aug. 25, 2020
By David Ho
HONG KONG – Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) research enterprise in Singapore have found a way to not just reverse antibiotic resistance but also increase sensitivity in some bacteria, using hydrogen sulfide.
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Glucose testing

Hua teams up with Bayer for dorzagliatin as diabetes treatment in China

Aug. 25, 2020
By David Ho
HONG KONG – Hua Medicine Ltd. has signed a commercialization and partnership deal with Bayer AG for a new diabetes treatment in China. Hua’s dorzagliatin, a first-in-class dual-acting glucokinase activator, is designed to control the progressive degenerative nature of diabetes by restoring glucose homeostasis in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D).
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Harbour Biomed signs research deal for COVID-19 treatment and files listing application

Aug. 24, 2020
By David Ho
HONG KONG – Last week was a busy one for Harbour Biomed Therapeutics Ltd., seeing the company sign a COVID-19 research collaboration with several Dutch institutions as well as lodge an application to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Petri dish and capsules

Singapore-based researchers find a SMART way to reduce bacterial antibiotic resistance

Aug. 21, 2020
By David Ho
HONG KONG  Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) research enterprise in Singapore, known as Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), have found a way to not just reverse antibiotic resistance but also increase sensitivity in some bacteria, using hydrogen sulfide.
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