HONG KONG – In yet another of a growing list of acquisitions, Chinese drugmaker Luye Pharma Group Ltd. (2186.HK) has inked an agreement to acquire Swiss-based Acino Holdings AG's transdermal drug delivery systems (TDS) business. Read More
HONG KONG – Sanofi SA entered a strategic alliance with Taiwan's JHL Biotech, Inc. which could provide a cash infusion and speed up the commercialization of JHL Biotech's biosimilar drugs in China. Read More
SHANGHAI – Shanghai-based Hutchison Medipharma Co. Ltd. presented phase I data for epitinib at the World Conference on Lung Cancer in Vienna showing that epitinib is a safe EGFR inhibitor with the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Read More
HONG KONG – Eutilex Co. Ltd. has raised $18 million in a series A financing, the largest private funding round for a startup in South Korea's life sciences sector. Read More
HONG KONG – Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH and China Southeast University Institute of Life Sciences are spearheading a research project to develop new treatments for hearing loss through regeneration of hair cells from inner ear stem cells. Read More
HONG KONG — A world-first periodontitis vaccine that has been developed by Australian scientists, which could reduce or possibly even eliminate the need for surgery and antibiotics for the management of severe gum disease, has been validated by research published online Dec. 1, 2016, in npj Vaccines. Read More
PERTH, Australia – Drug and device companies in Australia may soon be able to bring their products to market more quickly via a new priority review designation. Read More
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp., of Osaka, Japan, presented data showing that patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis given edaravone intravenously in 10 to 14 day cycles for 48 weeks experienced significantly less functional loss as measured by the ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R). The data were presented at the 27th International Symposium on ALS/MND (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease) in Dublin. Read More
