China
Obesity Leaders Dig Manufacturing Moats To Defend Injectable GLP-1 Empires
GLP-1; manufacturing capacity; Eli Lilly; Novo Nordisk; obesity drugs; Wegovy; Zepbound; capital expenditures; supply constraints; market competition; Medicare coverage; policy risk; biosimilars/generics; China GLP-1 pipeline; bariatric surgery
Sanofi Acquires China Rights to Arrowhead’s Plozasiran for $395 Million
Sanofi; Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals; Visirna Therapeutics; Plozasiran; China rights; RNA interference; Familial chylomicronemia syndrome; Severe hypertriglyceridemia; biotech partnership; milestone payments
Ignoring China’s Biotech Industry Is No Longer an Option: Recent Developments and Implications
China biotech industry; global drug development; clinical trials; innovation ecosystem; pharmaceutical R&D; biotech patents; US-China competition
Inside the FDA’s Listening Tour: Officials Agree US Lags Behind China on Drug Development
FDA; China; drug development; biotechnology; regulation; clinical trials; pharmaceutical industry; biotech innovation
AstraZeneca and CSPC Enter $5.3B AI-Driven Drug Discovery Pact in China
AstraZeneca; CSPC Pharmaceutical; AI research; drug discovery; chronic diseases; China; $5.3 billion; oral therapies; partnership; R&D investment
Biotech Leaders Urge FDA to ‘Modernise’ Regulation to Compete with China
FDA; biotech; regulation; modernization; China; cell and gene therapy; CEO roundtable; competitiveness; innovation
Pfizer Pays $1.25B Upfront to 3SBio, Joining the PD-1 x VEGF Race with Licensing Deal for SSGJ-707
Pfizer; 3SBio; PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody; SSGJ-707; oncology; upfront payment; licensing deal; cancer therapy; China; drug development
Roche Pledges Nearly $300M to Establish New Vabysmo Production Plant in China
Roche; Vabysmo; biopharmaceutical manufacturing; Shanghai; China; investment; eye disease treatment; plant construction; localization; green energy
AstraZeneca’s China woes recede as focus shifts to upcoming readouts
$2.5 billion R&D investment in Beijing, Global strategic R&D center, China legal issues resolution, Biotech partnerships, Manufacturing expansion, $8 million potential fine, FibroGen China acquisition
Mercks Gardasil sales sink further amid China market pressure
Market, China, Gardasil, Gardasil sales, Pressure- physical agent, Growth, China