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Alongside the abrupt departure of Chinese biotech WuXi from BIO, Congress is rattling sabers over perceived national security implications of the U.S.’s R&D relationship with the country.
U.S. intelligence officials have informed senators that China-based biotech WuXi AppTec transferred an American client’s intellectual property to the Chinese government without consent, reports Reuters.
Novo Nordisk’s investment of more than half a billion dollars is meant to expand its production capabilities in China and help it meet the global drug demand.
The Chinese biotechs are broadening their collaboration. Hansoh Pharma is licensing Biotheus’ anti-EGFR/cMet bispecific antibody to develop antibody-drug conjugates.
In a change of position as congressional scrutiny of WuXi AppTec grows, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization announced it is taking steps to separate from the China-based biotech.
Boehringer Ingelheim has paid $27.3 million upfront to Sosei Heptares to develop a small molecule agonist of GPR52 to treat the positive, negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia.
Seeking a slice of the lucrative obesity market, Indian pharma companies are developing their own versions of Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, Reuters reports.
Kyowa Kirin’s dealmaking continued on Wednesday when BridgeBio Pharma granted the Japanese company an exclusive license to develop and commercialize infigratinib.
Regulatory authorities worldwide are tightening their monitoring mechanisms and launching their own investigations after reports of secondary malignancies potentially linked to chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapies.
With an upfront payment of $185 million, GSK on Wednesday added another exclusive antibody-drug conjugate license agreement with China-based Hansoh Pharma.
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