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Learn about China’s biomedical breakthroughs, from cutting-edge pharmaceuticals to life-saving research, driving global health innovation.
Hutchmed aims to expand Tazemetostat’s usage to patients with solid cancers. Photo: Shutterstock
Biomedicine: Geopolitics

Hutchmed weighs cancer drug’s supply-chain options amid trade war

Blood-cancer medicine, manufactured in the US, won conditional approval for sale in mainland China last month.

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New medical drugs

Trump’s tariffs: will Chinese pharmaceutical industry feel the pain?

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Biomedicine: Geopolitics

US report highlights China’s biotech rise, urges action to boost local industry

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Biomedicine: Industry Trends

China’s biotech firms record surge in overseas licensing deals in first quarter

Chinese drug makers landed 33 licensing deals with overseas pharmaceutical firms, with transactions totalling US$36.2 billion.

The largest deal in the first quarter, with a contract value of US$13 billion, was between Chinese firm GeneQuantum, Nasdaq-listed Biohaven and Seoul-based AimedBio. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

What if curing cancer could cost 99% less in China?

Chinese biotech start-ups are going up against Western drug makers – and they could win.

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United States

Chinese drug maker Akeso hailed as biotech’s ‘DeepSeek moment’ amid US rivalry

Akeso’s immunotherapy drug allowed half of its patients to go 11.1 months without their condition worsening.

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Cancer

Groundbreaking cancer therapies are the goal for this biotech innovator

PostMag talks to 5 women innovators at the top of their game and pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery: here we meet Gina Jiang, managing director of the Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology.

Gina Jiang is managing director of the Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology. Photo: TMT
Artificial intelligence

AI-driven blood analysis may be the key to unlocking cancer’s secrets

AI helps researchers recognise patterns in the gene fragments they find in blood plasma, sparking a revolution in the field of epigenetics.

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China technology

Opinion | In tech war, China is gunning for mass adoption over premium innovation

From artificial intelligence and biotech to autonomous driving, China is disrupting the traditional high-cost model of proprietary innovation.

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Biomedicine: Industry Trends

Hong Kong biotech start-up Alephoson eyes global trial for eye-drug delivery

Hong Kong biotech start-up works with university partners to conduct global clinical trials studying prevalent eye diseases.

Benjamin Lee, a founder and CEO of Alephoson. Photo: Edmond So
US-China relations

US can keep edge over China aviation by staying integrated with it: expert

Testimony in advisory body hearing also heard stark warnings about China’s biotechnology advances.

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A C919 passenger plane of China Commercial Aircraft Corporation performs a flight show at the Singapore Air Show in February 2024. Photo: Xinhua
New medical drugs

ClouDr shares rise on DeepSeek integration with medical AI platform

Chinese company says DeepSeek’s AI model will enhance data mining in its platform, delivering efficiency to hospitals and pharmacies.

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Biomedicine: Industry Trends

Chinese biotech firms cash in on promising drug discoveries via licensing

China has 4,804 new drug candidates under development, second only to the US at 5,268, according to data provider PharmCube.

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Artificial intelligence

Video | AI-driven firm aims to transform drug discovery

Chief scientific officer at XtalPi says AI can cut average drug discovery times to one to two years

Hong Kong-listed firm leverages AI to transform traditional drug discovery approach
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Artificial intelligence

AI-driven drug discovery aided by Greater Bay Area integration, firm says

XtalPi says AI is reducing drug discovery times to two years from four.

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XtalPi says AI could drastically cut the time for drug discovery, with regional integration across the Greater Bay Area also driving improvements. Photo: Handout
Biomedicine: Science

CR Pharma, NAMI join forces to fight Alzheimer’s with Pfizer cancer drug

Palbociclib, developed by Pfizer for certain types of advanced breast cancer, was approved for sale in 2015.

US-China relations

China’s WuXi Biologics to sell Irish vaccine facility to Merck as US curbs loom

US passed Biosecure Act which would ban federal contracts with targeted firms and their business partners. Legislation explicitly names WuXi.

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New medical drugs

Novel drug awaits Hong Kong diabetics suffering from debilitating eye disease

Oculis’ OCS-01 eye drops, currently in phase 3 trials for diabetic macular edema, can be an alternative to injection, CEO says.

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Riad Sherif, CEO of Oculis Holding, says the high prevalence of diabetic macular edema in Hong Kong is partly due to an ageing population. Photo: May Tse
Wuxi AppTec

WuXi AppTec, WuXi Biologics surge on slimmer chances of Biosecure Act’s passage

The bill’s absence from the proposed amendments to the US National Defence Authorisation Act comes as a reprieve for the two biotech firms.

Biomedicine: Science

Hong Kong residents reticent to get latest Covid-19 jab, Moderna survey finds

About 52 per cent of Hong Kong respondents said they were willing to get the updated vaccine, compared with 58 per cent in Singapore.

Biomedicine: Industry Trends

China welcomes new US$1 billion Sanofi project in Beijing

Sanofi’s latest capital outlay in China will cover the development of a new insulin plant in the nation’s capital.

Sanofi said the new plant in Beijing will be its fourth such facility on the mainland. Photo: Shutterstock
Biomedicine: Science

Hong Kong start-up eyes global pest control market with scent-based products

Plasticvore is a two-year old biotech start-up offering alternative, humane solutions to controlling and eliminating pests, founder says.

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Plasticvore is eyeing orders from the US, Europe and Southeast Asia, founder Rick Lui says. Photo: Edmond So
Health & Fitness

China expands health insurance coverage with 91 new drugs, innovative treatments

The health authority shows its support for novel drugs, while driving tough bargains with pharmaceutical firms on prices.

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SCMP Highlights

Recap | ‘Promising’ steps to HIV vaccine, Trump tariffs threaten profits: 5 biotech stories

Discover breakthroughs in the biotech world, from a potential HIV cure to China’s booming drug market and innovative coronavirus treatments, in some of our latest stories.

Biomedicine: Geopolitics

Chinese biotech firms brace for Trump tariffs, US funding bill

Efforts to expand sales of high-value products in China and non-US markets would cushion the blow, analysts say.

A robotic surgical system is displayed during the 2024 China Medical Equipment Conference in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on March 29, 2024. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong

Vaccine shows promise in curing HIV, Hong Kong start-up says

‘We may be on the brink of a breakthrough,’ Dr Edward Leong, advisory board chairman of Immuno Cure says.

A Hong Kong biotech start-up says its first-phase trial of a therapeutic HIV vaccine has shown promising results. Photo: dpa
Biomedicine: Science

Germany’s BioNTech buys Biotheus in US$800 million push into cancer drugs

BioNTech says deal will support its push into the development of cancer drugs using its proven mRNA technology.

Science

Opinion | Why a new approach to diabetes treatment is desperately needed

Current widely used treatment approaches are not fit for task as they ignore the idiosyncrasies in diabetes that can arise in each patient.

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