Leads Biolabs’ Opamtistomig NDA Accepted in China, Setting Up Potential World-First 4-1BB Therapy
Nanjing Leads Biolabs announced that China’s Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) under the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has formally accepted the New Drug Application (NDA) for Opamtistomig (LBL-024), the company’s internally developed…
Kelun-Biotech’s TROP2 ADC Sac-TMT Shows Durable Activity Across Genomically Altered NSCLC in a Phase 2 Study
Sichuan Kelun-Biotech has reported new Phase 2 data for its TROP2-directed antibody-drug conjugate sacituzumab tirumotecan (sac-TMT; SKB264/MK-2870) in heavily pretreated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), showing durable antitumor activity across…
DAJO Bio Raises Tens of Millions of RMB in Seed Financing to Advance Next-Generation TCR Protein Therapies
Shenzhen-based biotechnology startup DAJO Bio (“DAJO”) has completed a seed financing round worth tens of millions of RMB, providing fresh capital to advance its next-generation T-cell receptor (TCR) protein therapeutic platforms and pipeline…
Biokin’s Iza-bren hits Phase 3 PFS endpoint in EGFR-Mutant NSCLC, marking 4th positive Phase 3 trial
Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical’s izalontamab brengitecan (iza-bren, BL-B01D1) has achieved another major clinical milestone, with the company reporting that its Phase 3 BL-B01D1-301 study in previously treated EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer…
Navi Therapeutics raises Series A to advance AI-driven next-generation ADC platform
China-based biotech Navi Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (“Navi”) has completed a Series A financing round, marking the company’s second fundraising since its founding roughly 18 months ago and bringing its cumulative funding to…
Hengrui Advances SHR-8203 Into Phase 1/2 Study in Advanced Solid Tumors, With Filing Hinting at Potential PD-1/VEGF/CTLA-4 Trispecific
Chinese pharmaceutical giant Hengrui Pharma has registered a new clinical study of SHR-8203 injection on China’s drug trial registration platform, moving the previously undisclosed biologic into a multicenter Phase 1/2 trial in patients with…
HUTCHMED’s Savolitinib-Tagrisso Combo Delivers Positive Phase 3 Results in MET-Driven EGFR-Mutated NSCLC
HUTCHMED has announced positive topline results from the global Phase 3 SAFFRON trial, showing that the combination of ORPATHYS® (savolitinib) and TAGRISSO® (osimertinib) delivered statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in both…
Henlius Expands Sandoz Partnership in Up to $322 Million Biosimilars Deal
Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. (“Henlius”) has significantly expanded its partnership with Sandoz, entering a strategic collaboration covering up to 10 monoclonal antibody (mAb) and antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) biosimilar candidates in a…
Merck and InventisBio Ink a Partnership to Advance Clinical Development of Small-Molecule Cancer Drugs
August 10, 2026, Merck R&D (China) Co., Ltd. and InventisBio Co., Ltd. (or InventisBio), an innovative pharmaceutical company listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board, simultaneously announced that they had signed a cooperation agreement…
BeiGene and Revolution Medicines Enter Strategic Collaboration
On August 10, BeiGene announced a multi-faceted collaboration agreement with Revolution Medicines. Under the agreement, the two companies will collaborate on clinical trials to jointly evaluate combination therapies of some of BeiGene’s…