Madrigal expands MASH pipeline with siRNA therapies in $4.4 B deal

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a US-based biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering novel therapeutics for metabo...

February 12, 2026 | Thursday | News
Innovent inks $8.5 B deal with Eli Lilly for oncology and immunology based medicines

China-based Innovent Biologics, Inc. has announced a strategic collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company, in the US, to a...

February 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
First Promega companion diagnostic receives China's NMPA approval

The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved the OncoMate® Microsatellite Instability (MSI) Dete...

February 5, 2026 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong to nurture dietetic professionals with new academic programme

In response to the growing demand amid Hong Kong’s rapidly ageing population for healthcare professionals such as ...

February 4, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Frontage Labs strengthens early phase clinical capabilities across US and China

Frontage Laboratories, Inc., a global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has announc...

February 2, 2026 | Monday | News
AstraZeneca inks billion-dollar deal with China's CSPC Pharma to expand weight management portfolio

AstraZeneca strengthens its weight management portfolio through a new strategic collaboration agreement with China-based...

February 3, 2026 | Tuesday | News
AstraZeneca plans $15 B investment in China to expand medicines manufacturing and R&D

AstraZeneca has announced $15 billion investment in China through 2030 to expand medicines manufacturing and R&D. Th...

January 30, 2026 | Friday | News
WuXi Biologics and HanchorBio advances next-generation Bi- and Multi-functional fusion protein pipeline

WuXi Biologics, a global leading Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), and HanchorBio I...

January 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
Boehringer Ingelheim, Simcere Pharma collaborate on €1,058 M IBD antibody deal

China-based Simcere Pharmaceutical Group and Germany-headquartered Boehringer Ingelheim have announced a license and col...

January 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Sisram Medical partners with Sinmait Medical Technology to build manufacturing hub in China

Sisram Medical, a global wellness group offering Energy-Based Devices (EBD), injectables, and other complementary soluti...

January 23, 2026 | Friday | News
AstraZeneca buys remaining China rights to GPC3 armored CAR-T therapy from AbelZeta Pharma for $630 M

US-based AbelZeta Pharma, Inc., a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and developme...

January 21, 2026 | Wednesday | News
China's Zylox-Tonbridge to acquire equity interest in European medical device company

Zylox-Tonbridge, a Hong Kong-listed medical technology company focused on neuro-and peripheral vascular interventional p...

January 16, 2026 | Friday | News
China's Zonsen PepLib Biotech inks $50 M deal with Novartis for Radioligand Therapy Asset

China-based startup Zonsen PepLib Biotech Inc. has entered into a worldwide license agreement with Novartis for an undis...

January 19, 2026 | Monday | News
ElpasBio and Fosun Kairos collaborate to commercialise AlloJoin® stem cell therapy

China-based startup ElpasBio Holdings, a leading clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on regenerative medicine, ...

January 15, 2026 | Thursday | News
China's WuXi Biologics unveils new platform to transform bioprocessing and manufacturing

China-based WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has...

January 13, 2026 | Tuesday | News
China's MediLink signs additional exclusive licensing deal with Roche for $570 M

China-based MediLink Therapeutics has entered into a new collaboration and exclusive licensing agreement with Roche for ...

January 12, 2026 | Monday | News
Ribo Life Science successfully lists on Main Board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Ribo Life Science Co., a leading company in small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutics, has successfully listed on the M...

January 9, 2026 | Friday | News
Insilico Medicine announces $888 M multi-year collaboration with Servier for drug discovery in oncology

Hong Kong headquartered Insilico Medicine, a leading artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, has ann...

January 5, 2026 | Monday | News
Insilico Medicine lists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange, showing largest Hong Kong biotech IPO

Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage drug discovery and development company driven by generative artificial intelligence ...

January 2, 2026 | Friday | News
Lupin signs agreement with Gan & Lee Pharma for novel GLP-1 receptor agonist

Indian pharma major Lupin Limited has entered into an exclusive License, Supply and Distribution agreement with Gan &...

December 29, 2025 | Monday | News
HKSH Medical Group inks MoU with Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

In alignment with the national framework for the advancement of proton therapy, facilitated by the National Cancer Cente...

December 26, 2025 | Friday | News
Hong Kong develops mucus-inspired hydrogel to boost gastrointestinal wound healing

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed an acid-resistant “ultra-stable mucus-inspired hydrogel...

December 23, 2025 | Tuesday | News
China’s Jacobio inks immuno-oncology deal worth $1.9 B with AstraZeneca

China-based Jacobio Pharma has entered an agreement with AstraZeneca for its proprietary Pan-KRAS inhibitor JAB-23E73.&n...

December 22, 2025 | Monday | News
Harbour BioMed, Bristol Myers Squibb strike $1B multi-specific antibody deal

China and US based Harbour BioMed has announced a multi-year, global strategic collaboration and license agreement ...

December 19, 2025 | Friday | News
Glenmark bags multi-regional rights to Hansoh Pharma’s oncology drug for $1 B

Glenmark Specialty S.A. (GSSA), a wholly owned subsidiary of India-based Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, has entered into an e...

December 18, 2025 | Thursday | News
Merz Aesthetics launches XEOMIN® and RADIESSE® in China

Germany-based Merz Aesthetics, the world’s largest dedicated medical aesthetics business, has launched flagship pr...

December 17, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Insilico Medicine, TaiGen collaborate for AI-driven PHD inhibitor for CKD-related anaemia

Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company headquartered ...

December 15, 2025 | Monday | News
Chinese startup D3 Bio secures $108 M to advance global clinical programmes

D3 Bio, a global clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of innovative oncology th...

December 12, 2025 | Friday | News
Yao Pharma licenses oral GLP-1R agonists to Pfizer for $1.93 B

China's Fosun Pharma announced that its subsidiaries, Chongqing Yao Pharmaceutical Company, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutica...

December 10, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Pillar Biosciences and AstraZeneca expand liquid biopsy access partnership to China

Pillar Biosciences and AstraZeneca have announced an expansion of their existing laboratory access programme for NG...

December 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Biosparc advances China–Singapore collaboration with new strategic partnerships

Biosparc’s landmark project in Suzhou Industrial Park reached structural completion. On 20 November 2025 the firm ...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | News
Is China Poised to Overtake the US as Biotech’s Global Powerhouse?

China has reached a major milestone in global pharmaceutical innovation. According to the latest report from Clarivate, ...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Analysis
Imugene and JW Therapeutics to bring CD19 CAR-T innovation for solid tumours

Australia's Imugene has entered a strategic co-development collaboration with Chinese startup JW Therapeutics to evaluat...

November 28, 2025 | Friday | News
API China 2025: Pioneering Innovation, Collaboration, and Growth in the Global Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

The 93rd API China, held from November 12 to 14, 2025, at the Chongqing International Expo ...

November 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
The 93rd API China 2025: A Gateway to China’s Pharmaceutical Industry Innovation and Global Collaboration

The 93rd API China, China’s first and longest-running pharmaceutical ingredients exhibition, took place from 12&nd...

November 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
CytoMed acquires T Cell technology from UK to treat cancers in China and India

CytoMed Therapeutics, a Singapore-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical startup focused on harnessing its proprietary n...

November 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
Bayer E-Town Open Innovation Centre launches in Beijing

As a key step in Bayer’s “In China, for Global” strategy, the Bayer E-Town Open Innovation Center offi...

November 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singleron’s Matrix NEO™ wins Class II medical device approval in China

Singleron Biotechnologies has announced that its Matrix NEO™ automated single cell processing system has...

November 17, 2025 | Monday | News
HKUST receives government's approval for establishing new medical school

The establishment of Hong Kong's third medical school at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has ...

November 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Sciex to localise high-resolution accurate mass spectrometry systems in China

Sciex, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, has announced the localisation of its X500R QTOF system,...

November 14, 2025 | Friday | News
China's Cornerstone Robotics secures $200 M in oversubscribed funding

China-based startup Cornerstone Robotics, a leading global innovator in surgical robotics, has announced the closing of ...

November 13, 2025 | Thursday | News
API China 2025 Opens Bringing Together the Global Pharmaceutical Ecosystem

API China, the China International Pharmaceutical Ingredients, Intermediates, Packaging and Equipment Trade Fair, offici...

November 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Sanyou Bio and Yugong Bio team up to accelerate expansion in high-end synthetic enzyme market

China-based startups Sanyou Bio and Yugong Bio have announced the signing of a strategic cooperation agre...

November 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Insilico and Lilly enter $100 M research and licensing collaboration to advance AI-driven drug discovery

Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery compan...

November 11, 2025 | Tuesday | News
China’s Healthcare Evolution: Policy Stability, Biotech Ambition, and the March Toward Global Healthcare Leadership

In a special conversation with BioSpectrum Asia, Yang Huang, Head of China Healthcare Research at J.P. Morgan, shares sh...

November 10, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Clariant invests CHF 80 M to expand pharma excipients and specialty chemicals manufacturing in China

Clariant, a global specialty chemicals leader, has announced the completion of its state-of-the-art facility expansion a...

November 7, 2025 | Friday | News
Mölnlycke establishes first wound care manufacturing site in China

Mölnlycke® Health Care, a global leader in MedTech, headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, is celebrating the com...

November 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
Harbour BioMed and Evinova China announce strategic collaboration to accelerate AI-enabled drug development

Harbour BioMed, a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery and development of novel antibod...

November 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Novo Nordisk launches Wegovy in Hong Kong for weight management

Novo Nordisk has announced the launch of Wegovy® in Hong Kong, now available at private clinics and selected pharmac...

November 4, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Mind Over Matter: Decoding China’s BCI Push

A Chinese man who lost all four limbs in a high-voltage electrical accident 13 years ago can now play chess and racing g...

November 1, 2025 | Saturday | Analysis
Private Market Vaccines Drive Growth and Strategy Shifts Across China

HPV and PCV are the leading vaccines in the self-paid market in China. According to the WHO vaccine market report 2024, ...

November 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Roche inks nearly $1 B deal with China's Qyuns Therapeutics for respiratory disease treatment

China's Qyuns Therapeutics has entered into a global exclusive collaboration and license agreement with F. Hoffmann-La R...

November 3, 2025 | Monday | News
Everest Medicines inks $89 M deal with NovaBridge for treating eye disorders in Asia

Everest Medicines, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, clinical development, manufacturing, and commer...

October 31, 2025 | Friday | News
KLN Medical to distribute Siemens Healthineers' point-of-care testing products in Hong Kong

KLN Logistics has announced a strategic partnership between its healthcare subsidiary, KLN Medical and global medic...

October 28, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong introduces most extensive data platform for advancing cancer immunotherapy research

A clinical oncology research team at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), in collaboration...

October 27, 2025 | Monday | News
HUKST designs SmartPath AI system to streamline cancer pathology workflow

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has launched SmartPath, a comprehensive artificial intel...

October 23, 2025 | Thursday | News
API China returns with 93rd edition to strengthen its role as Asia’s pharma powerhouse

API China, Asia’s authoritative exhibition for pharmaceutical ingredients and manufacturing, will convene its 93rd...

October 22, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Vision Science and Technology invests HK$5 M for myopia and presbyopia management

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received funding support of HK$5 million from Vision Science and Techno...

October 21, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Oceanpine Capital acquires 80% equity interest in Beijing Jacoray Pharma for RMB 200 M

Jacobio Pharma has announced that its subsidiary Beijing Jacobio Pharmaceuticals Co. has entered into a Capital Increase...

October 16, 2025 | Thursday | News
NUS Medicine and Tsinghua University researchers develop next-gen mRNA vaccine platform

A team of researchers from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and China's ...

October 15, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Roche collaborates with OASES to strengthen Hong Kong's position as global healthcare hub

Roche has announced its strategic collaboration with the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES) to accelera...

October 13, 2025 | Monday | News
Mirxes' non-invasive microRNA blood test secures approval in China for gastric cancer screening

Mirxes, a leading and only publicly-listed molecular cancer  early detection company in Asia Pacific,  has bee...

October 9, 2025 | Thursday | News
IHH Healthcare Launches a Global Incubator Programme to Drive Next-Generation Healthcare Innovations

Image Caption: (From left) :: Ashok Pandit, Group Chief Corporate Officer, IHH Healthcare | Dr Prem Kumar Nair...

October 8, 2025 | Wednesday | News
China approves first and only Remote Electrical Neuromodulation based migraine treatment

Pier 88 Health, a digital health company dedicated to reshaping chronic pain management and bringing breakthrough global...

October 3, 2025 | Friday | News
Hong Kong's Health Hope Pharma enters into virology deal with Gilead Sciences

Health Hope Pharma (HHP), a clinical-stage oncology biopharma company headquartered in Hong Kong, has entered into ...

September 30, 2025 | Tuesday | News
WuXi Biologics launches targeted integration cell line platform to accelerate biologics development

China's WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has ann...

September 26, 2025 | Friday | News
Global expansion of Idorsia’s QUVIVIQ continues as Simcere launches in China

Simcere Pharmaceuticals Group has launched QUVIVIQ® (daridorexant) in China. In 2022, Idorsia an...

September 23, 2025 | Tuesday | News
China approves world's first dual GCG/GLP-1 receptor for glycemic control in type 2 diabetes

Innovent Biologics, Inc. has announced that China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved mazduti...

September 22, 2025 | Monday | News
China’s Mabwell and US-based Aditum Bio ink $1 B deal for siRNA cardiovascular therapies

Mabwell (Shanghai) Bioscience and US-based Aditum Bio have announced the launch of Kalexo Bio, a new company formed in c...

September 19, 2025 | Friday | News
China's MGI Tech unveils next-gen 'Data Mining Machine' for genomics

China-based MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (MGI), a company dedicated to developing core tools and technologies that drive innovatio...

September 16, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Metabolon partners with China Kadoorie Biobank to advance precision health

US-based Metabolon, Inc., the global leader in providing metabolomics solutions advancing a wide variety of life science...

September 12, 2025 | Friday | News
Chinese startup Epigenic Therapeutics raises $60 M to accelerate clinical development of medicines

China-based startup Epigenic Therapeutics, a clinical-stage innovative drug development company, has announced the compl...

September 8, 2025 | Monday | News
China's Biocytogen partners with Merck to advance antibody-conjugated lipid-based delivery solutions

Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing), a global biotechnology company that drives the research and development of no...

September 5, 2025 | Friday | News
Novartis signs up to $5.2 B licensing deal with China''s Argo Biopharma for heart drugs

China's Argo Biopharmaceutical, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing next-generation siRNA thera...

September 4, 2025 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong offers apparel-based anthropometric method to precisely measure tissue deformation

Soft tissue deformation during body movement has long posed a challenge to achieving optimal garment fit and comfort, pa...

September 3, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Colartix® hydrolyzed cartilage matrix is patented by Rousselot in Europe, Japan, and China

Rousselot, Darling Ingredients’ health brand, has been granted patents in Europe, Japan and China for Colartix, it...

September 2, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong Betting Big on Biotech IPOs

Since the introduction of Chapter 18A in 2018, Hong Kong has become an important fundraising hub for biotechnology, givi...

September 1, 2025 | Monday | Analysis
China's ChemPartner announces US expansion with new R&D Centre of Excellence

ChemPartner, a leading global Contract Research Organization (CRO) and Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizati...

September 2, 2025 | Tuesday | News
HKMU licenses tech for non-invasive prostate cancer screening

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) recently achieved its first-ever technology licensing agreement, a milestone in...

August 29, 2025 | Friday | News
Neusoft Medical Systems launches China's first photon-counting CT with NMPA approval

Neusoft Medical Systems has announced that its NeuViz P10 photon-counting CT has received market approval from China's N...

August 28, 2025 | Thursday | News
Researchers in Hong Kong unravel key viral enzyme's mechanism targeting mosquito-borne viruses

Developing effective antiviral drugs against mosquito-borne viruses like dengue and Zika requires understanding the func...

August 27, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Advancing Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing with Flow Chemistry

Sustainable drug manufacturing is becoming increasingly vital in the global pharmaceutical industry, as drugmakers ...

August 27, 2025 | Wednesday | News
PolyU and Panmedi join hands to promote development of China's nuclear drug industry

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has signed an agreement with Panmedi to further collaborate&...

August 25, 2025 | Monday | News
Foxconn Technology invests $30 M in Robocore to expand into medical and elderly care robotics market

Robocore Technology Limited (Robocore), a partner company of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP),...

August 20, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Eisai launches in-house developed anti-insomnia drug DAYVIGO(R) (Lemborexant) in China

Eisai Co. has announced that the in-house discovered and developed orexin receptor antagonist DAYVIGO® (brand name i...

August 18, 2025 | Monday | News
Hong Kong develops microfluidic flow cytomolecular analyser to promote extensive application of precision medicine

A research team from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has successfully developed a “Sequential Measurement Base...

August 15, 2025 | Friday | News
China's WuXi Biologics launches HEK 293 stable cell line platform

WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has announced t...

August 14, 2025 | Thursday | News
Kexing Biopharm teams up with IQVIA to accelerate global expansion

China-based Kexing Biopharm has entered into a comprehensive strategic partnership with IQVIA, a global leader...

August 13, 2025 | Wednesday | News
China's Fosun Pharma licenses DPP-1 inhibitor to Expedition Therapeutics for $645 M

China-based Fosun Pharma has signed a license agreement with Expedition Therapeutics Inc. to grant the rights to de...

August 12, 2025 | Tuesday | News
China's Codex Genetics expands precision oncology portfolio with Cxbladder Genomic urine tests

Codex Genetics, one of the leading precision diagnostics companies in Hong Kong, has announced an exclusive collaboratio...

August 11, 2025 | Monday | News
Biocair announces APAC expansion with new office in Shanghai

Biocair, an established global leader in life science logistics, has announced further expansion of its operations in th...

August 8, 2025 | Friday | News
XtalPi and DoveTree announce landmark AI drug discovery collaboration worth $6 B

XtalPi, a China-based technology company in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics for drug and materials...

August 7, 2025 | Thursday | News
Arrowhead sells rights of Hypertriglyceridemia candidate to Sanofi in Greater China for $265 M

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced the signing of an asset purchase agreement between Sanofi and Visirna Ther...

August 5, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong-Australia collaboration for advancing clinical education in physiotherapy and occupational therapy

The Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) recently hosted the inaugural ...

August 4, 2025 | Monday | News
Hong Kong establishes Collaborative Centre for Medical and Engineering Innovation

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong Universi...

July 31, 2025 | Thursday | News
Dr. Falk Pharma and Allianthera (Suzhou) Biopharma to develop treatment for Ulcerative Colitis

Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH, a Germany-headquartered research-based pharmaceutical company specialising in digestive and metabo...

July 30, 2025 | Wednesday | News
“ASEAN has become an important fulcrum in the global pharmaceutical production supply chain”

What are your plans for capacity expansion in biologics and ADC manufacturing? We are already among the largest biologi...

August 2, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
China's Tigermed acquires Japanese CRO Micron to expand medical imaging capabilities in APAC

Tigermed, a leading global provider of clinical research solutions across the full lifecycle of global biopharmaceutical...

July 29, 2025 | Tuesday | News
GSK partners with China's Hengrui Pharma in $12 B deal for 12 innovative medicines

GSK plc has entered into agreements with China-based Hengrui Pharma to develop up to 12 innovative medicines, adding sig...

July 29, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong develops first-of-its-kind magnetic microcatheter for rapid treatment of acute ischemic strokes

A cross-disciplinary research team from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine and Facul...

July 28, 2025 | Monday | News

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