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Vaccination

China's CNBG/Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine is 79% effective

Jan. 5, 2021
By Elise Mak and Gina Lee
HONG KONG – China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said that BBIBP-CorV, one of the two COVID-19 vaccines it currently has under development, provides 79.34% protection against the coronavirus.
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Vaccination

China's CNBG/Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine is 79% effective

Dec. 30, 2020
By Gina Lee and Elise Mak
HONG KONG – China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said that BBIBP-CorV, one of the two COVID-19 vaccines it currently has under development, provides 79.34% protection against the coronavirus. Volunteers who received the vaccine in the phase III experiment produced high-tier antibodies, with a neutralizing antibody positive conversion rate of 99.52% after two doses, the company said.
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Takeda headquarters

Takeda’s sales spree continues in deal with China’s Hasten

Dec. 29, 2020
By Gina Lee
HONG KONG – With the sale of a group of noncore assets to a little-known Chinese company, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. took another step in a multibillion-dollar string of divestitures that is part of a plan to cut debt and focus on five key business areas. Takeda announced on Dec. 21 the sale of a portfolio of noncore prescription drugs marketed in China to Hasten Biopharmaceutic Co. Ltd. (China).
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Sinovac-12-28

China approves NDA for CNBG COVID-19 vaccine

Dec. 29, 2020
By Elise Mak and Gina Lee
HONG KONG and BEIJING – China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd. delayed releasing trial data from its Coronavac COVID-19 vaccine while the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) accepted an NDA from China National Biotec Group (CNBG) for its own vaccine, BBIBP-CorV.
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Sinovac-12-28

China approves NDA for CNBG COVID-19 vaccine

Dec. 28, 2020
By Gina Lee and Elise Mak
HONG KONG and BEIJING – China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd. delayed releasing trial data from its Coronavac COVID-19 vaccine while the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) accepted an NDA from China National Biotec Group (CNBG) for its own vaccine, BBIBP-CorV.
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Takeda headquarters

Takeda’s sales spree continues in deal with China’s Hasten

Dec. 23, 2020
By Gina Lee
HONG KONG – With the sale of a group of noncore assets to a little-known Chinese company, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. took another step in a multibillion-dollar string of divestitures that is part of a plan to cut debt and focus on five key business areas. Takeda announced on Dec. 21 the sale of a portfolio of noncore prescription drugs marketed in China to Hasten Biopharmaceutic Co. Ltd. (China).
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Peptidream, Amolyt alliance focuses on potential acromegaly treatment

Dec. 22, 2020
By Gina Lee
HONG KONG – Peptidream Inc. inked a research collaboration with Amolyt Pharma SAS to test and optimize Peptidream’s growth hormone receptor antagonist (GHRA) peptides, with the aim of selecting a candidate to develop as a potential treatment for acromegaly.
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Peptidream, Amolyt alliance focuses on potential acromegaly treatment

Dec. 18, 2020
By Gina Lee
HONG KONG – Peptidream Inc. inked a research collaboration with Amolyt Pharma SAS to test and optimize Peptidream’s growth hormone receptor antagonist (GHRA) peptides, with the aim of selecting a candidate to develop as a potential treatment for acromegaly.
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The Blue Box at-home breast cancer screener

At-home breast cancer screener Blue Box looking to begin clinical study

Dec. 17, 2020
By Gina Lee
HONG KONG – A new prototype hand-held device coupled with an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered app could make it possible for women to screen for breast cancer at home cheaply and efficiently. The device, the Blue Box, is the brainchild of Judit Giro? Benet, a 23-year-old junior specialist at the Center for Embedded Cyber-physical Systems at the University of California, Irvine, who is working with her Taiwanese partner Billy Chen to get their Blue Box to market.
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Pharmaengine inks partnership with Sentinel Oncology for checkpoint kinase 1 inhibitor SOL-578

Dec. 15, 2020
By Gina Lee
HONG KONG – Pharmaengine Inc. has signed a collaboration and licensing deal with Sentinel Oncology Ltd. for SOL-578.
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