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BioWorld - Thursday, April 16, 2026
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Sunlight shines through window as curtains opened

Tanabe’s dersimelagon hits phase III endpoint in rare disorder

Jan. 27, 2026
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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After selling off amyotrophic lateral sclerosis therapeutics last month, Tanabe Pharma America Inc. emerged a forerunner in another rare disease space with positive top-line phase III data of dersimelagon (MT-7117) for erythropoietic protoporphyria/X-linked protoporphyria.
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Asia roundup: Shionogi ups Viiv stake, Fosun spinoff plans, more

Jan. 27, 2026
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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Shionogi & Co. Ltd. and Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co. Ltd. were involved in separate divestment transactions this week, with Shionogi buying out Pfizer Inc.’s stake in Viiv Healthcare Ltd. to lift its holding to 21.7%.
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1st Biotherapeutics closes $22M series D, preps for IPO

Jan. 27, 2026
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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1st Biotherapeutics Inc. announced the closing of a ₩31.7 billion series D funding round Jan. 26 to advance its lead phase I oncology asset, FB-849, and portfolio of candidates for neurodegenerative diseases.
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Korean Won currency symbol made of gray cast iron

1st Biotherapeutics closes $22M series D, preps for IPO

Jan. 26, 2026
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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1st Biotherapeutics Inc. announced the closing of a ₩31.7 billion series D funding round Jan. 26 to advance its lead phase I oncology asset, FB-849, and portfolio of candidates for neurodegenerative diseases.
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Global handshake silhouette

Asia roundup: Shionogi ups Viiv stake, Fosun spinoff plans, more

Jan. 23, 2026
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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Shionogi & Co. Ltd. and Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co. Ltd. were involved in separate divestment transactions this week, with Shionogi buying out Pfizer Inc.’s stake in Viiv Healthcare Ltd. to lift its holding to 21.7%.
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Lexicon rebounds on FDA nod for phase III non-opioid pain drug trial

Jan. 22, 2026
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that it received no objections from the U.S. FDA to move pilavapadin, its non-opioid candidate for diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain, into phase III study, pushing company shares up near 20% on the day.
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Sunlight shines through window as curtains opened

Tanabe’s dersimelagon hits phase III endpoint in rare disorder

Jan. 21, 2026
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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After selling off amyotrophic lateral sclerosis therapeutics last month, Tanabe Pharma America Inc. emerged a forerunner in another rare disease space with positive top-line phase III data of dersimelagon (MT-7117) for erythropoietic protoporphyria/X-linked protoporphyria.
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Rakuten

Rakuten closes $100M series F round, teams with Lotte Biologics

Jan. 20, 2026
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Rakuten Medical Inc. raised $100 million in a series F round to support late-stage clinical development of ASP-1929, its Alluminox-derived photoimmunotherapy being tested with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as a first-line treatment for recurrent head and neck cancer.
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Cells and DNA helix

South Korea enacts world’s first regulation on synthetic biology

Jan. 13, 2026
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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South Korea will implement a new regulation on synthetic biology in April 2026, aiming to foster innovations across both biotechnology and biomanufacturing.
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Hutchmed plans China NDA filing of sovleplenib in rare anemia

Jan. 13, 2026
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
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Hutchmed Ltd. plans to file a second NDA in China for sovleplenib, a novel spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitor, based on positive phase II/III findings in warm antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
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