China – Talk Bio

Recent Biotech News: Altimmune’s Pemvidutide Advances in MASH, Emerging China Obesity Players, and Ipsen Phase 2 Setback

2 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Altimmune, China, Failed, IMPACT trial, Ipsen, MASH, Obesity, pemvidutide, Phase 2, United States Food and Drug Administration

Altimmune; pemvidutide; MASH; Phase 2b; IMPACT trial; FDA; China obesity; Ipsen; Phase 2 fail

Harbour BioMed inks $90M upfront, $1B+ antibody alliance with Bristol Myers Squibb

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged biobucks, Burning Mouth Syndrome, China, Clinical Trials, global strategic collaboration, Harbour BioMed, Harbour Mice ® technology, Immunology, License Agreement, milestones, multi-specific antibodies, Myers Squibb, Neoplasms

Harbour BioMed; Bristol Myers Squibb; BMS; multi-specific antibodies; $90 million upfront; $1.035 billion milestones; global strategic collaboration; license agreement; Harbour Mice technology; immunology; oncology; biobucks deal; China early clinical trials

RTW-backed startup Yarrow Bioscience signs autoimmune antibody deal with China’s GenSci

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged anti-TSHR antibody, Antibodies, Autoimmune, Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical, China, GenSci, GS-098, Investments, RTW, strategic partnership, Thyroid associated opthalmopathies, Yarrow Bioscience, YB-101

RTW Investments; Yarrow Bioscience; GenSci; Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical; autoimmune; antibody; GS-098; YB-101; anti-TSHR antibody; thyroid eye disease; China; ex-China rights; strategic partnership; licensing deal

China’s fast, low-cost gene and cell therapy testing boom draws Western interest

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products, ATMP regulation China, CDE, Cell Therapy, China, clinical trial review, Clinical Trials, gene therapy, N-methyl-N-2-(methylsulfinyl)ethylpropionic acid amide, reforms, Shortened, therapies testing, Western biotech

China clinical trials; gene therapy; cell therapy; advanced therapy medicinal products; ATMP regulation China 2025; shortened clinical trial review; cheap clinical trials; Western biotech in China; NMPA CDE reforms; novel therapies testing

Innovent’s Mazdutide Shows Promising Obesity Data in Adolescents; No Everest PCSK9 News

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Adolescent (age group), China, Innovent, mazdutide, Obesity, Phase 1b, Weight Loss

Innovent; mazdutide; obesity; adolescents; Phase 1b; weight loss; China

Insilico Medicine and TaiGen sign exclusive licensing deal for AI-designed PHD inhibitor ISM4808 to treat anemia in chronic kidney disease

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged AI-driven, Anemia, CDE, China, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Clearance, clinical-stage biotech, Drug Discovery, Generative AI, Indonesian language, Insilico Medicine, ISM4808, License Agreement, Oral cavity, Ph.D., Pharma, PHD inhibitor, TaiGen Biotechnology

Insilico Medicine; TaiGen Biotechnology; license agreement; ISM4808; PHD inhibitor; anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease; CKD anemia; AI-driven drug discovery; Pharma.AI; Greater China rights; oral PHD inhibitor; IND clearance; China CDE; generative AI; clinical-stage biotech

Zealand Pharma and OTR Therapeutics in multi-program strategic collaboration for metabolic diseases

4 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged China, License Agreement, Metabolic Diseases, milestone payments, Obesity, oral small-molecule therapeutics, OXTR gene, Partnership, royalties, strategic collaboration, upfront payment, Zealand Pharma

Zealand Pharma; OTR Therapeutics; strategic collaboration; license agreement; metabolic diseases; obesity; oral small-molecule therapeutics; R&D partnership; China biotech; upfront payment; milestone payments; royalties

AstraZeneca’s dual-targeting CAR-T AZD0120 shows similar response rates in Western and Chinese patients

4 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged AstraZeneca, Autologous Bispecific BCMA/CD19-targeted CAR-T Cells GC012F, AZD0120, BCMAxCD19, CAR-T, China, Clinical Trials, dual-targeting CAR-T, DURGA-1, Frequency of Responses, Multiple Myeloma, Western patients

AstraZeneca; AZD0120; GC012F; dual-targeting CAR-T; BCMAxCD19; multiple myeloma; DURGA-1; China; Western patients; response rate; clinical trial; CAR-T

Crescent Biopharma and Kelun-Biotech Announce Reciprocal Licensing Pact for PD-1xVEGF and ADC Cancer Therapies

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged Antibodies, Bispecific, China, CR-001, Crescent Biopharma, Kelun-Biotech, Licensing, oncology partnership, PD-1xVEGF, Reciprocal, SKB105, therapeutic autologous dendritic cells

Crescent Biopharma; Kelun-Biotech; PD-1xVEGF; CR-001; SKB105; reciprocal licensing; oncology partnership; China; ADC; bispecific antibody

Chinese Biotechs Shed Fast-Follower Reputations as Innovation Surges in 2025

2 months ago talkbio0Tagged Biopharma, China, Chinese Language, Clinical Trials, drug candidates, global drug pipeline, innovation, leader, R&D, regulatory reforms

Chinese biotech innovation; fast-follower to leader; biopharma R&D; global drug pipeline; regulatory reforms; clinical trials; Made in China 2025; novel drug candidates