China’s National Medical Products Administration has cleared Luye Pharma Group Ltd.’s new schizophrenia candidate LY-03020 to enter phase I trials in China. Independently developed by Shanghai-based Luye, the new chemical entity is a dual agonist that targets both the trace amine-associated receptor 1 and the 5-HT2C receptor and is intended to treat schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease psychosis.
China’s National Medical Products Administration has cleared Luye Pharma Group Ltd.’s new schizophrenia candidate LY-03020 to enter phase I trials in China. Independently developed by Shanghai-based Luye, the new chemical entity is a dual agonist that targets both the trace amine-associated receptor 1 and the 5-HT2C receptor and is intended to treat schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease psychosis.
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has received clearance from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct clinical trials in China with its BCMA-targeting CAR T cell SYS-6020 for systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) in China.
China’s National Medical Products Administration has cleared Luye Pharma Group Ltd.’s new schizophrenia candidate LY-03020 to enter phase I trials in China. Independently developed by Shanghai-based Luye, the new chemical entity is a dual agonist that targets both the trace amine-associated receptor 1 and the 5-HT2C receptor and is intended to treat schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease psychosis.
China will deepen its health care reforms and will focus on enhancing its public health care capacity at the primary care level and at public hospitals, according to resolutions passed at the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in July.
Chengdu Westgene Biopharma Co. Ltd. (Westgene) has received approval from both China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and the FDA for its therapeutic cancer vaccine WGc-043 to enter first-in-human trials.
China will deepen its health care reforms and will focus on enhancing its public health care capacity at the primary care level and at public hospitals, according to resolutions passed at the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in July.
Three Chinese biopharmaceuticals have filed for IPOs on the Hong Kong exchange in July alone, highlighting a potential “newfound positivity” to strengthen the HKEX IPO market in the second half of 2024.
Iaso Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved the IND application for IASO-782 injection for a new indication – systemic lupus erythematosus.
Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals’ long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA), GZR-18, achieved as much as 17.29% weight loss in a phase IIb trial in obese and overweight Chinese patients. Developed independently by Shanghai-based Gan & Lee, GZR-18 is a once-weekly or potentially biweekly GLP-1 RA being developed to treat adults with type 2 diabetes and for weight management for obese or overweight patients.