HBM Alpha Therapeutics inks deal worth $395 M to advance novel endocrine therapies

US-based startup HBM Alpha Therapeutics (HBMAT), Inc., an innovative biotechnology company incubated by China-based Harb...

February 26, 2025 | Wednesday | News
WuXi XDC and LigaChem Biosciences expand MoU to accelerate ADC development

China-based WuXi XDC Cayman Inc., a leading global CRDMO (Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization...

February 25, 2025 | Tuesday | News
PolyU and Peking University explore collaboration in medical technology in China

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Peking University Health Science Center (Peking University) signed a Me...

February 24, 2025 | Monday | News
FibroGen sells China biz to AstraZeneca for $160 M

FibroGen, Inc. has announced the sale of its China subsidiary to AstraZeneca for approximately $160 million. Under the t...

February 21, 2025 | Friday | News
Hong Kong Baptist University propose to establish new medical school

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has established a strategic partnership with Hong Kong Baptist Hospital (HKBH) in it...

February 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Scientists in Hong Kong develop AI-driven tool to accelerate cancer diagnosis

A research team led by Professor Kevin Tsia, programme director of the Biomedical Engineering Programme under the Facult...

February 17, 2025 | Monday | News
Biogen Reports Q4 and Full-Year 2024 Results: Strong EPS Growth Amid Revenue Challenges

Key Financial Highlights Biogen Inc. reported its fourth-quarter (Q4) and full-year 2024 results on February 12, 2025. ...

February 17, 2025 | Monday | Company results
Zydus and Beihai Biotech ink agreement to supply oncology drug to US market

  Indian pharmaceutical firm Zydus Lifesciences has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Zydus Lifesciences...

February 15, 2025 | Saturday | News
Bio X Cell expands global reach with new distribution centre in China

Bio X Cell, the world's leading provider of functional antibodies for translational research, is strengthening its globa...

February 13, 2025 | Thursday | News
China & Europe announce joint laboratory for health and ageing research

Infinitus (China) Company has secured approval for its Sino-British Joint Laboratory on Health and Ageing project. This ...

February 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Bowtie collaborates with Gleneagles Hospital and Pfizer to promote health education in Hong Kong

Bowtie, Hong Kong’s first virtual insurer, has collaborated with Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong and Pfizer Hong Kon...

February 11, 2025 | Tuesday | News
PolyU and Shandong First Medical University partner to advance radiation oncology research in China

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Shandong First Medical University (SDFMU) have signed a Memorandum of U...

February 9, 2025 | Sunday | News
Dr. Reddy’s Lab inks oncology deal of $131 M with Shanghai Henlius Biotech

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories SA, wholly-owned subsidiary of India-based Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. has entere...

February 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
“China and Asia are already the global leaders of Antibody-drug conjugates”

Chime Biologics has a vision to make biologics more accessible and affordable. How does this vision drive your day-to-da...

February 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Medicine-Engineering collaborative innovation research laboratory to open in China

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Peking University Third Hospital (PUTH) have signed a Memorandum of Und...

January 29, 2025 | Wednesday | News
US FDA clears world's first mobile app for contactless pulse rate measurement

PanopticAI, a leading innovator in remote patient monitoring, has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Ad...

January 27, 2025 | Monday | News
Yuwell Medical announces strategic investment and partnership with Inogen in respiratory health

China-based Yuwell Medical recently held its 2025 Global Core Partner Conference in Dubai, and announced ...

January 27, 2025 | Monday | News
China Raises the Bar on Healthcare Integrity: New Compliance Guidelines Target Corruption Risks

China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) recently unveiled the Compliance G...

January 27, 2025 | Monday | Analysis
Biophytis and AskHelpU sign co-development agreement to treat rare neuromuscular diseases in China

Biophytis SA, a Paris-based clinical-stage biotechnology company specialising in the development of treatments for age-r...

January 23, 2025 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong develops world’s smallest multifunctional biomedical robot

Researchers from the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have succe...

January 20, 2025 | Monday | News
BGI Genomics empowers Brunei's national cervical cancer prevention programme

The Brunei Ministry of Health (MoH), in partnership with Borneo Genomics Innovation (BGIB), a joint venture of China's B...

January 18, 2025 | Saturday | News
Shimadzu opens new plant for analytical and measuring instruments in Suzhou, China

Shimadzu (Suzhou) Instruments Manufacturing, Co. (SSM) in China has constructed its fourth plant in Suzhou City, Jiangsu...

January 16, 2025 | Thursday | News
HKUST signs MoU with Microsoft Research Asia fostering collaboration in future medical education and research

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft...

January 15, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong unveils novel therapeutic targets and drug repurposing opportunities for endometriosis

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) used an artificial intelligence (AI...

January 14, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Chinese startup Cornerstone Robotics raises over $70 M funding to forge accessibility in robotic surgery

Cornerstone Robotic, a leading global innovator in surgical robotics, has successfully raised over $70 million in Series...

January 13, 2025 | Monday | News
Vertex and Zai Lab enter into partnership to treat autoimmune diseases in China, Taiwan, Singapore

US-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals and China-based Zai Lab have announced an exclusive collaboration and license agreement ...

January 10, 2025 | Friday | News
China-Germany partnership for internationalisation of Chinese medicine

Huen Wong, Chairman of the Board of Directors of HKBU Chinese Medicine Hospital Company, and Dr Cheung Wai-lun, Project ...

January 9, 2025 | Thursday | News
Lonza expands capsule manufacturing capacity in India and China

Lonza, a global manufacturing partner to the pharmaceutical, biotech and nutraceutical markets, has announced capacity e...

January 8, 2025 | Wednesday | News
China approves GSK's Nucala for treatment of adults with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

GSK plc has announced that the China National Medical Products Administration has approved Nucala (mepolizumab), a monoc...

January 7, 2025 | Tuesday | News
China's Innovent Biologics enters into billion dollar oncology deal with Roche

China-based Innovent Biologics, Inc., a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercial...

January 4, 2025 | Saturday | News
Partnership in China to build new ecosystem for antibody-drug conjugates

Porton Pharma Solutions and Dragon Sail Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Guili...

December 24, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Merck strikes partnership worth $1.9 B with Chinese biotech Hansoh for treatment of cardiometabolic diseases

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, and Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, hav...

December 23, 2024 | Monday | News
Juncell Therapeutics opens state-of-the-art facility for TIL production in China

Shanghai Juncell Therapeutics Co., a clinical-stage biotech focused on innovative IL-2-independent Tumor-Infiltrati...

December 20, 2024 | Friday | News
Lakeside signs $1.5 M sales agreement with China's Sinopharm Group Subsidiary

Lakeside Holding, a US-based cross-border supply chain solution provider with a unique focus on the Asia-Pacific&nb...

December 18, 2024 | Wednesday | News
PolyU signs MoU with Southern Medical University to advance medical development in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Southern Medical University (SMU) have signed a Memorand...

December 17, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Innovent and Eli Lilly to expand commercialisation rights for oncology drug Jaypirca in Mainland China

Innovent Biologics, Inc., a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-qu...

December 16, 2024 | Monday | News
CU Medicine and CTTQ collaborate to strengthen pharma innovations in Hong Kong

The Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU Medicine) has entered into a strategic partnership wi...

December 10, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Alamar Biosciences establishes commercial presence in Asia Pacific region

Alamar Biosciences, a company powering precision proteomics to enable the earliest detection of disease, has announced i...

December 7, 2024 | Saturday | News
Hong Kong approves Pfizer's 20-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for infants and children

American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer has announced that the Hong Kong Department of Health (DoH) has approved the company...

December 3, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong lays focus on peptide drug innovation and discovery to pioneer collaboration in biopharma research

The University of Hong Kong (HKU), represented by Versitech Limited, has signed an agreement with China Merchants Group ...

November 30, 2024 | Saturday | News
Kingworld-Longde Life and Health Industrial Park opens in China

Kingworld Medicines Group has announced that the Group's Kingworld- Longde Life and Health Industrial Park in Bao&r...

November 28, 2024 | Thursday | News
Kingworld Medicines officiates operation at Kingworld-Longde Life and Health Industrial Park, in China

A leading healthcare distribution company, Kingworld Medicines Group Limited, has officially started operations at the K...

November 27, 2024 | Wednesday | News
VectorBuilder and Sartorius sign strategic cooperation agreement to advance biopharma innovation

VectorBuilder, a global leader in end-to-end gene delivery services, and Sartorius, a leading international partner in l...

November 27, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Zai Lab and Pfizer announce strategic collaboration for novel anti-bacterial drug XACDURO

China-based Zai Lab and American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer have announced a strategic collaboration for the novel anti-...

November 25, 2024 | Monday | News
China-based biotech startup Laekna teams up with Eli Lilly to develop obesity treatment

Laekna, Inc., a China-based biotech company focused on novel drug development for metabolic and cancer diseases, has ann...

November 21, 2024 | Thursday | News
Merck inks deal worth up to $2.7 B with Chinese biotech startup LaNova Medicines

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, and China-based biotech startup LaNova Medicines, have anno...

November 18, 2024 | Monday | News
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies unlocks new chapter of localisation in China

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (Terumo BCT), recently held a localisation launch ceremony themed 'Unlocking a ...

November 15, 2024 | Friday | News
Chime Biologics and Waterstone team up to empower ADC development and manufacturing

China-based Chime Biologics, a leading global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) that enables it...

November 13, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Novotech and Biostar establish strategic partnership following Biostar’s HKEX listing

Novotech, the global full-service clinical Contract Research Organisation (CRO) that partners with biotech companies to ...

November 12, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Ping An Health and Medtronic form strategic partnership

China-based Ping An Healthcare and Technology has established a strategic partnership with Medtronic (Shanghai) Man...

November 11, 2024 | Monday | News
Trump’s Trade Tango Returns: Will China’s Biotech Dance Through Another Round of Tariffs or Stumble?

With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the U.S.-China trade relationship is once again in the spotlight. T...

November 9, 2024 | Saturday | News
Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine enters into revolving loan facility of up to $100 M with HSBC

Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine, a global leading generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven biotechnology company...

November 5, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Biosynth Biological Technology opens new state-of-the-art facility in China

Switzerland-headquartered Biosynth, a leading developer and supplier of critical raw materials and services for diagnost...

October 31, 2024 | Thursday | News
Korean startup Neurophet secures significant foothold to accelerate entry into China market

South Korea-based startup Neurophet, an artificial intelligence (AI) solution company for brain disease, has secured a s...

October 31, 2024 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong Innovation Center opens to provide one-stop support for early-stage drug discovery

ATLATL Hong Kong Innovation Center, a new state-of-the-art research facility designed to provide immediate, move-in-read...

October 30, 2024 | Wednesday | News
China's WuXi Biologics launches WuXia RidGS for non-antibiotic cell line development

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

October 29, 2024 | Tuesday | News
HELP Therapeutics Secures FDA Approval for Phase I Study of HiCM-188 in Heart Failure Treatment

HELP Therapeutics Co. Ltd, a clinical-stage cell therapy company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat...

October 22, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong boosts biomedical industry by cultivating interdisciplinary medicine-engineering talent

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

October 18, 2024 | Friday | News
Junshi Biosciences' oncology drug Toripalimab obtains marketing approval in India and Hong Kong SAR

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, TopAlliance Biosciences Inc., has announced that toripa...

October 16, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong to develop first one-stop acute stroke management model

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) and the Prince of Wales Hospital (P...

October 15, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong-based Akeso Biopharma secures $250 M to propel global expansion of innovative drug pipeline

Akeso Biopharma, headquarterd in Hong Kong, has successfully raised approximately $250 million through a share plac...

October 14, 2024 | Monday | News
China's CanSino receives over $17 M from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate polio vaccine development

China-based CanSino Biologics Inc. has received an additional financial boost, securing a grant exceeding $17 million to...

October 10, 2024 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca inks billion dollar deal with China's CSPC Pharma to strengthen cardiovascular pipeline

British firm AstraZeneca has entered into an exclusive license agreement with China-based CSPC Pharmaceutical Group (CSP...

October 7, 2024 | Monday | News
Genentech buys China-based Regor's portfolio of next-gen CDK inhibitors for breast cancer treatment for $850 M

China-headquartered Regor Pharmaceuticals has entered into a definitive purchase agreement whereby Genentech, a member o...

October 4, 2024 | Friday | News
Sanyou Bio announces opening of new 10,000-sqm R&D facility in Shanghai

Sanyou Bio recently announced a move into its new 10,000-square-meter R&D building at Shanghai headquarter...

September 29, 2024 | Sunday | News
Bayer opens new life science incubator in Shanghai Innovation Park, China

German pharmaceutical company Bayer has announced the inauguration of its new life science incubator, Bayer Co.Lab Shang...

September 27, 2024 | Friday | News
Nuance Pharma expands distribution of nasal spray Bentrio in East and South East Asia

China-based Nuance Pharma has agreed with Altamira Medica, an associate company of Altamira Therapeutics in the US,...

September 26, 2024 | Thursday | News
Chinese biotech startup LongBio Pharma completes Series B2 financing to advance late-stage clinical studies

China-based LongBio Pharma (Suzhou), a Phase III-stage biotech startup focused on the R&D of innovative antibody and...

September 25, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Greater Bay Area International Clinical Trial Institute in Hong Kong to initiate full operations in 2024

The Health Bureau (HHB), Hong Kong government, has announced that after months of preparation with full effort since the...

September 24, 2024 | Tuesday | News
China-Malaysia partnership to establish state-of-the-art Regenerative Medicine and Health Complex

In a landmark move set to reshape the landscape of global wellness and regenerative medicine, European Wellness Biomedic...

September 21, 2024 | Saturday | News
Hong Kong develops next-gen wearable continuous glucose monitoring system for diabetes management

An interdisciplinary research team, including the Faculty of Engineering and Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at The Univ...

September 18, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Sino Biological and BioGeometry deepen strategic cooperation to empower Protein R&D with Generative AI in China

China-based Sino Biological has announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with BioGeometry, a pioneer in digit...

September 16, 2024 | Monday | News
PolyU and Suzhou Kowloon Hospital to establish incubation platform advancing medical technology in China

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has signed a collaboration agreement with Suzhou Kowloon Hospital, a subsid...

September 13, 2024 | Friday | News
BIOCHINA 2025: China’s Largest Bio Convention to Host Over 3,000 Biotech Companies

Looking ahead, BIOCHINA 2025 has officially announced its next conference, set for March 13-15, 2025. The 10th edition o...

September 12, 2024 | Thursday | News
HKU Techno-Entrepreneurship Academy opens in Shenzhen Qianhai

A grand opening ceremony for the HKU Techno-Entrepreneurship Academy (TEA) in Shenzhen Qianhai was held recently. This ...

September 11, 2024 | Wednesday | News
China-based startup MGI launches new nanopore sequencing products with advanced CycloneSEQ technology

China-based startup MGI Tech Co. has announced the global rights to commercialise and distribute the new sequencing prod...

September 10, 2024 | Tuesday | News
UltraDx receives first clinical approval of single-molecule analyzer in China

UltraDx Bio has announced that its flagship product, the UD-X Fully Automated Single-Molecule Array Fluorescence Immunoa...

September 5, 2024 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong Baptist University to initiate Ph II trial for herbal drug to treat ulcerative colitis

The Centre for Chinese Herbal Medicine Drug Development (CDD) at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has ...

September 4, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong lays focus on tackling significant public health emergencies caused by infectious diseases

The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, met the Administrator of the National Disease Control and Prevention A...

September 3, 2024 | Tuesday | News
China's Sanyou Bio launches comprehensive monkeypox product line

Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals (Shanghai) has announced the launch of a comprehensive product line targeting monkeypox, which...

August 30, 2024 | Friday | News
China's Huawei unveils new TruSense system to support healthcare wearables

The Huawei TruSense system has now been introduced to the world. This innovative system marks another milestone in provi...

August 29, 2024 | Thursday | News
Peijia Medical expands neurointerventional business in Greater China region

Peijia Medical, a leading Chinese domestic player in the high-growth transcatheter valve therapeutics and neurovasc...

August 28, 2024 | Wednesday | News
GenScript offers new hope for multiple myeloma patients in China

Legend Biotech, a subsidiary of GenScript Biotech Corporation, a global leader in life sciences research and manufacturi...

August 27, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Belgium-based UCB to divest mature neurology and allergy business in China for $680 M

UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company based in Belgium, has announced a strategic divestment deal in China, underscori...

August 26, 2024 | Monday | News
Hong Kong and Zurich conduct world’s first in vivo teleoperated magnetic endoscopy using animal model

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) and the Swiss Federal Institute of ...

August 26, 2024 | Monday | News
25th CHCC Draws 51,272 Visitors and 746 Exhibitors from Hospital Design, Build and Management Sector

The 25th China Hospital Construction Conference & International Hospital Build and Infrastructure Exposition (CHCC20...

August 22, 2024 | Thursday | News
Bridge Biotherapeutics & HitGen initiate research collaboration to advance novel cancer therapeutics programme

Bridge Biotherapeutics, a startup based in the Republic of Korea and the US, has entered into a joint research agreement...

August 24, 2024 | Saturday | News
China Pharma Holdings to launch dry eye disease therapeutic device in Q1, 2025

China Pharma Holdings, Inc., an NYSE American-listed corporation with a fully-integrated specialty pharmaceuticals subsi...

August 19, 2024 | Monday | News
Merck buys investigational B-cell depletion therapy from Chinese startup Curon Biopharma for $700 M

Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, and Curon Biopharmaceutical, a China-based biotechnology st...

August 9, 2024 | Friday | News
Hong Kong develops smartphone stethoscope to support valvular heart disease detection

An interdisciplinary team from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has developed...

August 5, 2024 | Monday | News
Chinese generic drug for breast, pancreatic, and lung cancer approved in EU market

Apexelsin, a generic drug from China been approved by the European Commission. Apexelsin is a generic dru...

July 31, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Porton Advanced and Geneseed Biotech focus on advancing circRNA innovative therapeutics in China

Porton Advanced Solutions,  a subsidiary of the globally recognised contract development and manufacturing org...

July 31, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong government to develop rare disease centre

Professor Chung-mau Lo, Secretary for Health, has said that Hong Kong is developing a rare disease centre in collaborati...

July 30, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong researchers suggest novel treatment approaches for glaucoma

Dr Samantha SHAN, Research Assistant Professor of the School of Optometry of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU...

July 27, 2024 | Saturday | News
China's BeiGene opens new clinical R&D and biologics manufacturing facility in US

BeiGene, a China-based oncology company, has announced the opening of its flagship US facility in Hopewell, New Jersey, ...

July 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
China-based startup Triastek to advance 3D printed oral RNA therapeutics in $1.2 B deal with BioNTech

Triastek Inc., a global leader in 3D printing pharmaceuticals, has entered into a research collaboration and platform te...

July 23, 2024 | Tuesday | News
China-Swiss collaboration to push forward ethical use of AI technology in healthcare

QingSong Health, a leading health technology platform based in China, has announced a strategic partnership with Globeth...

July 22, 2024 | Monday | News
China-based startup Rona Therapeutics raises $35 M to advance metabolic siRNA pipeline

China-based startup Rona Therapeutics, a clinical stage pioneering platform company in nucleic acid drug research and de...

July 19, 2024 | Friday | News
Merck expands production capabilities for cell culture media with €6.6 M investment at Nantong site

Merck has announced the start of commercial production of its first GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) compliant manufac...

July 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Sanyou Bio and BioGeometry join forces to create next-generation antibody drug discovery platform

BioGeometry and Sanyou Bio have jointly announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement. China-based startup ...

July 15, 2024 | Monday | News

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