An update from China’s NMPA clarifying registration requirements and classification methods for drug-device combination products has been welcomed by industry as the regulator seeks to keep pace with fast-moving developments in the sector.
An update from China’s NMPA clarifying registration requirements and classification methods for drug-device combination products has been welcomed by industry as the regulator seeks to keep pace with fast-moving developments in the sector.
China’s NMPA has given Belief Biomed Inc. the official go-ahead to start testing its investigational gene therapy, BBM-H901, for the potential treatment of hemophilia B in the country, marking the first time an I.V. gene therapy for a rare disease has been approved in China. The company plans to advance the phase I/II trial for the candidate shortly, it said.
China’s NMPA has given Belief Biomed Inc. the official go-ahead to start testing its investigational gene therapy, BBM-H901, for the potential treatment of hemophilia B in the country, marking the first time an I.V. gene therapy for a rare disease has been approved in China. The company plans to advance the phase I/II trial for the candidate shortly, it said.
Akeso Inc. became the fifth company to score an approval for a homegrown PD-1 antibody in China, with penpulimab cleared for relapsed or refractory (r/r) classic Hodgkin’s lymphoma (cHL).