Full-Life Technologies Ltd. reported that it will acquire Focus-X Therapeutics Inc. to expand its radiopharmaceutical oncology therapy pipeline in a deal worth up to $245 million.
Both the Hong Kong Stock Market and the Shanghai STAR Market have seen med-tech companies, namely Orbusneich Medical Group Holdings Ltd. and Shanghai Genext Medical Technology Co. Ltd., making a rush to be listed by the end of 2022.
Microport Neurotech Ltd.’s intracranial visualized stent Rebridge has been included in the green channel, a priority review for medical devices, by China’s NMPA.
Tenacia Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has acquired exclusive greater China rights to certain formulations of Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s seizure therapy, ganaxolone (Ztalmy), in a deal worth up to $266 million. Under the terms, Shanghai-based Tenacia now has the rights to develop and commercialize current oral and intravenous dose formulations of ganaxolone in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It also gained the right to the first negotiation for a new formulation of the drug in the future.
Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. Ltd. has submitted a new drug application (NDA) for its anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody toripalimab to the European Medicines Agency, which marks the first NDA filing of toripalimab in Europe.
Tenacia Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has acquired exclusive greater China rights to certain formulations of Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s seizure therapy, ganaxolone (Ztalmy), in a deal worth up to $266 million.
Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. Ltd. has submitted a new drug application (NDA) for its anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody toripalimab to the European Medicines Agency, which marks the first NDA filing of toripalimab in Europe.
Easy access to financing, talent, and connection to sizable potential markets are Hong Kong’s advantages to develop the health care robotics industry, according to speakers at the Asia Summit on Global Health.
Acotec Scientific Holdings Ltd. obtained marketing approval from the U.S. FDA for its peripheral support catheter Vericor, designed to enhance access to peripheral vessels.
Zenas Biopharma LLC has raised $118 million in a series B round to support a global phase III trial of its lead asset as well as other immunotherapies for autoimmune diseases in its pipeline. The study, expected to begin in 2023, will evaluate obexelimab for the treatment of patients with immunoglobulin G4-related disease in late 2022.
