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Japan’s ARC Therapies Initiates Research on Novel Gut Microbe YB328 for Cancer Immunotherapy

ARC Therapies Inc. (Head Office: Shinjuku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Rami Suzuki), a certified startup from the National Cancer Cente...

August 21, 2025 | News

SineuGene Secures Dual U.S. and China IND Clearances for First-in-Class ALS Gene Therapy SNUG01

SineuGene Therapeutics Co., Ltd. ("SineuGene"), clinical-stage biotechnology company that mainly focuses on gene therapies for neurological disorders, anno...

August 18, 2025 | News

Daewoong Korea’s Semaglutide Patch Achieves 80 Percent Bioavailability to Transform Obesity Care

More than 80% relative bioavailability compared with injectable obesity therapy, well above the roughly 30% reported for existing microneedle patches and...

August 14, 2025 | News

Shilpa Medicare Becomes World’s First to Gain Approval for NorUDCA, Pioneering Treatment for Over a Billion NAFLD Patients

NAFLD affects 1 in 4 people globally (1.2 billion), with 188 million patients in India—most undiagnosed until irreversible damage...

August 14, 2025 | News

Minghui Pharmaceutical Secures $131M Pre-IPO Funding to Accelerate Global Pipeline

Minghui Pharmaceutical ("Minghui"), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company, today announced the closing of a USD 131 million Pre-IPO fin...

August 08, 2025 | News

Precision Therapies Set to Unlock USD 1.6 Trillion in Economic Impact Across Asia-Pacific

As Asia-Pacific bears nearly half of the global cancer burden, precision medicine is emerging not only as a clinical breakthrough but also as a powerful ec...

August 04, 2025 | Interview

Everest Medicines Invests US$30.9 Million in I-Mab to Advance Next-Gen Immuno-Oncology Therapies

- Everest will invest US$30.9 million (equivalent to approximately HK$242.6 million) in cash in I-Mab. Inclusive of I-MAB shares alread...

August 04, 2025 | News

Alveolus Bio Secures Strategic Investment from Shilpa Medicare to Advance Inhaled Microbiome Therapeutics

Alveolus Bio, a pioneering respiratory drug development biotech company founded by Dr. Vivek Lal from University of Alabama at Birmingh...

August 04, 2025 | News

XellSmart Achieves World-First Patient Dosing in Pioneering iPSC-Derived Cell Therapy Trial for Spinal Cord Injury

XellSmart Biopharmaceutical (Suzhou/Shanghai) Co., Ltd. achieved a significant milestone in its "world's first" China NMPA & US FDA-approved regis...

July 30, 2025 | News

Bristol Myers Squibb and Bain Capital Launch New Biotech Company with $300M to Advance Autoimmune Therapies

Five immunology assets in-licensed from BMS with potential to address unmet needs for patients with autoimmune diseases, including late-stage asset for...

July 29, 2025 | News

Biocytogen Expands Preclinical Capabilities Across Asia and the U.S. with Over 1,000 Humanized Mouse Models

Biocytogen (HKEX: 02315), an international biotechnology company that drives new drug development with innovative technologies, announced that its pr...

July 29, 2025 | News

Shanton Pharma’s SAP-001 Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Refractory Gout Treatment

Shanton Pharma, a clinical-stage biotech company developing a novel treatment for gout, announced that FDA has designated its Investigational New Dru...

July 28, 2025 | News

GNT Pharma Receives South Korea’s Green Light to Launch Global Phase 3 Trials for Breakthrough Stroke Drug Nelonemdaz

GNT Pharma, a late-stage biopharmaceutical company with operations in Seoul and New York, announced its IND Application to commence Glo...

July 25, 2025 | News

New England Biolabs Launches Low-Bias Small RNA Library Prep Kit to Advance RNA Sequencing Accuracy

New England Biolabs (NEB®) nnounced the launch of the NEBNext Low-bias Small RNA Library Prep Kit, designed to minimize biased representation of s...

July 23, 2025 | News

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