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BioWorld Asia

Jan. 2, 2019

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Chugai ends 2018 with a trio of breakthroughs

HONG KONG – Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is ending the year on a winning streak. Read More

Second China-made PD-1 drug approved; Innovent's Tyvyt gets NMPA nod in HL

HONG KONG – With Thursday's nod for Tyvyt (sintilimab injection), a core asset of HKEX-listed Innovent Biologics Inc. to treat classical Hodgkin lymphoma, either relapsed or refractory after two or more lines of systemic chemotherapy, Chinese regulators have approved two homegrown anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies in little more than a week. Read More

Chi-Med slashes reliance on Lilly for developing VEGFR inhibitor in China

HONG KONG – Five years into the partnership with Eli Lilly and Co., an amendment in late December to their license agreement lets Hutchison China Meditech Ltd. (Chi-Med) take a larger role in the development and commercialization of fruquintinib in China. Read More

Australian researchers harness AI to sequence human genome, diagnose PTSD, breast cancer

BRISBANE, Australia – Australian researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose medical conditions ranging from breast cancer to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) more quickly than ever before. Read More

Awaiting China nod in HL, Beigene expands PD-1 drug into gastric, ESCC studies

HONG KONG – With an NDA for tislelizumab currently under review at the National Medical Products Agency (NMPA) for relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma, China biotech Beigene Ltd. started enrolling patients into two global phase III trials testing the PD-1-inhibiting antibody in gastric cancer and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Read More

Lifespan: Extendable, or just error-riddled?

"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me," F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in his short story "All the Sad Young Men," to which Ernest Hemingway had a character in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" reply "Yes, they have more money." Read More

Taiwan startup Sinew aiming for first-in-class NASH drug

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan startup Sinew Pharma Inc. is developing what it hopes will be a first-in-class drug to treat nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). With an investigational new drug (IND) approval by the U.S. FDA under its belt, Sinew plans to advance its core product to a phase IIb study next year. Read More

Regulatory actions for December 27 – 31, 2018

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BioWorld's offices were closed in observance of New Year's Day.  Read More

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