Ring Therapeutics Inc. has joined forces with Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology, and Research and with the Singapore Eye Research Institute to advance the first new class of viral vectors in more than 50 years, Ring CEO Tuyen Ong told BioWorld.
Japan’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) set up its second overseas regulatory office in Washington, four months after the drug and med-tech regulator opened its first Asia base in Bangkok, Thailand, in July 2024. Read More
A year out from Leqembi’s approval for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), ongoing research coupled with artificial intelligence is advancing both radiopharmaceuticals and small-molecule drugs for AD diagnostics and treatment, speakers at the 2024 KoNECT-MOHW-MFDS conference said. Read More
For the first time, Australians have access to CSL Inc.’s Vazkepa (icosapent ethyl/Vascepa) for managing cardiovascular disease more than a decade after the drug was first approved in the U.S. Read More
Astrazeneca plc’s China president, Leon Wang, is under investigation in mainland China, the company said in an Oct. 30 statement. Although details are scant, Astrazeneca said Wang is “cooperating with an ongoing investigation by Chinese authorities,” and the company’s China operations will continue under the leadership of the current general manager of Astrazeneca China. Read More
Equillium Inc. plans to continue on its own with itolizumab – now the top pipeline priority – as Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Is letting expire the option for rights to the monoclonal antibody, designed to target the CD6-ALCAM signaling pathway. Read More
Drug regulators around the world have a unique opportunity – and, in some cases, a legal mandate – to remove the taint of forced labor from the biopharma supply chain. But some of them, including the U.S. FDA and Japan’s PMDA, may be turning a blind eye to those responsibilities, according to a recent report from the nonprofit Centers for Advanced Defense Studies. Read More
Phase III Scorpio-PEP study results showed Shionogi & Co. Ltd.’s oral antiviral ensitrelvir fumaric acid (Xocova) reduced risk of symptomatic COVID-19 infection in subjects who were exposed to the virus by infected household members. Read More
Researchers from Liaoning Jinqiu Hospital and affiliated organizations explored potential new genetic targets in heart failure and breast cancer through combining genetic inference and single-cell expression analysis. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified multiple genetic variants that were causally related in heart failure and breast cancer. Read More
Clinical updates from Asia, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Bioarctic, Clover Biopharmaceuticals, Feliqs, Gemvax & Kael, Henlius, Innovent, Jenscare, Recce, Remegen, Zai. Read More
Biopharma happenings in Asia-Pacific including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Chimagen, Davi, Formosa, GC Biopharma, GSK, Novelty Nobility. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations in Asia-Pacific: Bioarctic, Feliqs, Nehlius Biotech, Jenscare, Remegen. Read More
