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China This week’s China healthcare and pharma roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta covers Gilead’s USD 350mn bet on in vivo CAR-T, GenFleet and Bao Pharma advancing Hong Kong IPOs, Fosun’s USD 670mn global out-licensing deal, new funding rounds for Vibrant and InxMed, and major clinical wins including Akeso’s NSCLC bispecific,…

China Chinese biopharma innovators are making real progress toward global expansion. However, as Vera Zhang of Bristol-Myers Squibb (China) Investment Co., Ltd. writes in DIA’s Global Forum magazine, moving beyond exporting products to building real global brands means investing in strategic international talent acquisition and well-defined roles, all underpinned by a…

China Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals is no longer just a local biopharma heavyweight. With a record-breaking and 450x oversubscribed IPO raising USD 1.27 billion, a flurry of global licensing deals with the likes of Merck and GSK, and a bold push into competitive therapeutic areas like obesity, the company is staking its…

China A roundup of some ot the biggest stories coming out of China’s biopharma industry: Chinese pharma shifts to local reagent suppliers; WuXi Biologics launches new stable cell line platform; Fosun and Expedition Therapeutics ink respiratory licensing deal, and GSK lands USD 500 million 12-drug agreement with Hengrui Pharma.   China…

China Chinese biotech is booming, led by a generation of pioneering individuals at the forefront of science and business.   A country once best known as a low-cost manufacturing destination for ‘me-too’ copycat medicines now accounts for over 28 percent of the global drug development pipeline. Western companies approaching patent cliffs…

China Dr Ben Zhao, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Haichang Biotechnology (HCBio, Haichang), represents a new paradigm in pharmaceutical innovation, bridging regulatory expertise with entrepreneurial vision. Having transitioned from a distinguished career at the FDA to establishing one of the most promising lipid nanoparticle delivery platforms in the industry, he…

Hong Kong With Hong Kong now host to a growing volume of public and private entities specializing in cell and gene therapy development, some market insiders spy great opportunities for the city, with its unique background context and characteristics, to play a role shaping the next wave of biomedicine discovery.   Dr…

Hong Kong Hong Kong has a burgeoning status within Greater China as an advanced therapy hub. The Special Administrative Region boasts clinical trial expertise, internationally aligned regulation, a lack of price caps, and the recently minted ability to produce cell and gene therapies within the city. This means that, today, more new…

Hong Kong Hong Kong’s unique history as a former British governate and current special status under the ‘one country, two systems’ administrative framework, endow it with many underlying advantages as a ‘talent magnet.’ From a professional standpoint, the city’s international connectivity, financial architecture, and efficient infrastructure already render it an appealing location…

China With nearly half of Chinese adults now suffering from myopia and age-related eye conditions on the rise, China is on the brink of an ophthalmology boom — a market set to more than double by 2031. While global players like Santen have taken an early lead, a new wave of…

China A summary of top stories from China’s pharma industry: Sciwind Biosciences presents promising trial data for its obesity contender; Simcere reaches approval for its Idorsia-partnered insomnia therapy; AstraZeneca inks AI-enabled research deal with CSPC Pharmaceuticals, and the FDA blocks clinical trials that export American’s cells to China. Sciwind’s GLP‑1 data…

China Swapping the predictability of venture capital for the high-stakes volatility of biotech entrepreneurship, John Zhu set out to build something few in China had dared: a globally oriented biopharma with the speed of a startup and the reach of an MNC. As Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Duality Biotherapeutics, Zhu…