Week In Review: Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. Out-licenses Cancer Drug In $795 Million Deal

Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine out-licensed global rights (ex-China) for its anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody to Incyte for $795 million; Ascletis Pharma of Hangzhou raised $35 million in a funding led by C-Bridge Capital; iKang Healthcare is considering a $1.1 billion go-private offer from a group led by its Founder/Chairman/CEO; Celyad, a Belgium cell therapy company, announced an altered China collaboration with Medisun for a stem cell heart failure treatment; Hutchison MediPharma reported that fruquintinib met its primary endpoint in a Phase II China trial for non-small cell lung cancer; Ascletis Pharma of Hangzhou was approved to begin a Phase II trial in Taiwan of its dual-drug, interferon-free treatment for chronic hepatitis C; MicuRx Pharma, a US-China antibiotics company, announced positive data from a China Phase II clinical trial of its novel antibiotic; the CFDA is seeking to recruit an additional 69 people to review drug approval submissions; and China drugmakers have begun hiring experienced Indian pharma execs, offering them two to three times their present salaries, to develop generics for western markets.

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