BioPharma APAC - Leading Source of Biopharmaceutical Intelligence in Asia Pacific

Drug Approval

Rznomics Secures Positive EMA Opinion for Orphan Designation of RZ-001 in Glioma

Rznomics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of RNA-based gene therapies, announced that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA...

October 02, 2026 | News

Lilly’s Retatrutide Delivers 20.8% Weight Loss in Phase III Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Trial

In TRIUMPH-2, participants with obesity and type 2 diabetes taking retatrutide 12 mg lost an average of 49.6 lbs (20.8%) over 80 weeks, with more than half...

October 01, 2026 | News

China Approves Jaypirca Across All Lines of Therapy for CLL/SLL

Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, and commercializes high-quality m...

September 30, 2026 | News

Leo Cancer Care Advances Upright Radiation Therapy Experience for Children

Leo Cancer Care has announced plans to further invest in the treatment experience for children undergoing radiation therapy. Following the world's fi...

September 29, 2026 | News

FDA Approves Mirum and Incyte’s Atebrioz for Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIRM) and Incyte (Nasdaq: INCY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Atebrioz...

September 28, 2026 | News

Singapore Approves Wegovy as First Treatment for MASH with Liver Fibrosis

ESSENCE trial data showed 63% of participants receiving semaglutide achieved steatohepatitis resolution without worsening of liver fibrosis, compared with ...

September 23, 2026 | News

Every First Approval in APAC, 2026: The Full List

Asia-Pacific’s New Drug Boom: 99 Approvals, 20 World Firsts Somewhere in the second week of January, a BeOne Medicines BCL2 inhibitor called sonroto...

September 23, 2026 | Analysis

NewAmsterdam, Menarini Secure EU Approval for Obicetrapib-Based Ubeslo and Evlarco

NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V. (Nasdaq: NAMS or "NewAmsterdam" or the "Company"), a late-stage, clinical biopharmaceutical company developing oral, non-s...

September 23, 2026 | News

Daiichi Sankyo, AstraZeneca’s Enhertu Wins EU Panel Backing for Early Breast Cancer

Recommendation based on DESTINY-Breast05 phase 3 trial results that showed Enhertu reduced the risk of invasive disease recurrence or death by 53% vers...

September 21, 2026 | News

Japan Approves Lundbeck’s Eptinezumab for Migraine Prevention in Adults

Approval granted by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) Eptinezumab is the only intravenous (IV) CGRP-targeted preventive treatment ap...

September 18, 2026 | News

Altruist Biologics Supports LongBio Pharma’s LP-003 to NMPA BLA Acceptance in China

Enabled by Altruist's integrated CMC development platform, GMP manufacturing and regulatory service capabilities, LP-003 has successfully advanced from c...

September 17, 2026 | News

HiRO and Differentia Join Forces to Advance AI-Powered Clinical Trial Simulation and Digital Twins

Memorandum of Understanding establishes a framework for joint development of clinical trial simulation capabilities The partnership unites global clinic...

August 31, 2026 | News

US FDA Approves BeOne’s TEVIMBRA-ZIIHERA Combination for First-Line HER2+ Gastroesophageal Cancer

TEVIMBRA plus ZIIHERA and chemotherapy is the first and only immunotherapy-based regimen to deliver more than two years of median OS in first-line HER2+ ...

August 27, 2026 | News

Caliway Secures FDA IND Clearance for CBL-514–Tirzepatide Phase 2 Trial, Advances SUPREME-01 Phase 3

FDA IND Clearance for CBL-0201WR—Caliway has cleared its Investigational New Drug application for CBL-0201WR, a Phase 2 trial evaluating CBL-514 in...

August 27, 2026 | News

Stay Connected