Inno Medicine Secures Nearly $110M+ to Advance Targeted Nanomedicines for Atherosclerosis and Glioma
Beijing-based Inno Medicine has raised nearly RMB 800 million (roughly $110 million-plus) in a Series D financing, giving the Chinese nanomedicine developer substantial new capital as its two flagship programs move deeper into global clinical…
Unike Biopharma Raises Tens of Millions of RMB to Advance Long-Acting Protein and Peptide Drug Platform
Hangzhou-based Unike Biopharma has completed an angel financing round worth tens of millions of RMB, giving the young biotech fresh capital to advance a broad pipeline of long-acting protein and peptide therapeutics built around its proprietary ZT…
1cBio Licenses PARP1 Inhibitor OC-3 to Lee’s Pharm in $27 Million Asia Deal
1cBio has struck a regional licensing deal with Hong Kong-based Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings to advance OC-3, its next-generation selective PARP1 inhibitor, across Greater China and parts of Southeast Asia. Under the agreement announced September 9,…
Lumiere Therapeutics Raises Over RMB 100 Million to Advance Epigenetic Editing Therapies
Lumiere Therapeutics has raised more than RMB 100 million (approximately $14 million) in a Pre-A financing round, giving the Chinese gene-editing company fresh capital to push its epigenetic editing programs toward the clinic. The financing was co-led by…
iRegene’s NouvSight001 Cleared for Retinitis Pigmentosa Trials in China and U.S.
iRegene Therapeutics has secured regulatory clearance in both China and the United States to move NouvSight001, its off-the-shelf photoreceptor cell therapy, into clinical development for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), giving the company another opportunity…
Clover Biopharma’s RSV-hMPV-PIV3 Combination Vaccines Deliver Encouraging Phase 2 Results in Older Adults
Clover Biopharmaceuticals has reported positive preliminary Phase 2 data for SCB-1022 and SCB-1033, two next-generation combination respiratory vaccines designed to protect older adults against multiple major respiratory viruses with a single shot. The…
ApicHope’s AR882 Beats Febuxostat in China Phase 3 Gout Trial, Meeting Primary Endpoint
China’s ApicHope Pharmaceutical Group has reported positive topline results from a Phase 3 clinical trial of AR882 (pozdeutinurad), its next-generation URAT1 inhibitor for gout, showing statistically significant superiority over febuxostat in lowering…
AIPher Raises ~RMB 100 Million Angel Round to Build AI-Native Drug Discovery Platform
Chinese AI-driven drug discovery startup AIPher has completed an angel financing round of approximately RMB 100 million (about $14 million+), an unusually large early-stage raise completed just over a month after the company was established. The…
China NMPA Clears Five Novel Drugs and Two New Indications in September Approval Wave
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) delivered another busy round of regulatory decisions in early September 2026, clearing a group of innovative therapies spanning oncology, infectious disease, cardiovascular medicine, hematology and…
Simcere Zaiming Out-Licenses SIM0660, a Tri-specific T-cell Engager, to Roche in $1.53 Billion Global Deal
Simcere Zaiming, the oncology-focused subsidiary of China’s Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, has entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement with Roche for SIM0660, a preclinical tri-specific T-cell engager targeting CD79a, CD19 and CD3. The…