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Marian (YoonJee) Chu

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Apollomics gets China NMPA nod for lung cancer drug vebreltinib

Nov. 17, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
The U.S. and China biotech Apollomics Inc. on Nov. 16 gained the NMPA’s conditional approval for its cellular mesenchymal-epithelial transcription inhibitor for lung cancer called vebreltinib (APL-1010) through its Beijing-based partner, Avistone Biotechnology Co. Ltd.
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Apollomics gets China NMPA nod for lung cancer drug vebreltinib

Nov. 17, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
The U.S. and China biotech Apollomics Inc. on Nov. 16 gained the NMPA’s conditional approval for its cellular mesenchymal-epithelial transcription inhibitor for lung cancer called vebreltinib (APL-1010) through its Beijing-based partner, Avistone Biotechnology Co. Ltd.
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US-South Korean flags

Biocom, KoreaBIO bridge California, Korea bioeconomies

Nov. 17, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
In efforts to strengthen cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea’s life sciences sector, industry organizations like Biocom California and KoreaBIO are helping foster cross-border collaboration as Korea looks to ramp up the so-called Bio Economy 2.0. KoreaBIO, which stands for the Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization, in its latest feat welcomed a trade delegation run by the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. and the World Trade Center San Diego in November 2023, helping bolster cooperation between companies in Korea and in the San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, regions.
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Pyramid returns MSP1 inhibitor to Voronoi, ending $846M deal

Nov. 16, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
South Korean pharmaceutical Voronoi Inc. said that New Jersey-based Pyramid Biosciences Inc. terminated its previous $846 million deal for Voronoi’s solid and breast cancer drug candidate, VRN-08, in a letter dated Oct. 24, 2023.
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Lunit INSIGHT DBT

Lunit gains FDA nod for AI-powered breast cancer diagnostic tool

Nov. 15, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Lunit Inc. is the latest South Korean firm to gain the U.S. FDA’s 510(k) clearance for Lunit Insight DBT, its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered breast cancer diagnostic tool that analyzes digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images, boosting its efforts to enter the U.S. market. The company also reported that it secured $150 million in a public offering.
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Flagship launches new offices in APAC, UK to build biotechs overseas

Nov. 14, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Serial biotech-founding venture fund Flagship Pioneering Inc., most noted for launching Moderna Inc. in 2012, is crossing into the Asia Pacific (APAC) region and setting up a regional office in Singapore, a move that comes on the heels of its entry into the U.K. earlier this year.
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Astrazeneca to pay $2B for Eccogene’s oral GLP-1 obesity drug

Nov. 14, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Astrazeneca plc will pay up to $2 billion for Eccogene Co. Ltd.’s oral weight loss candidate, ECC-5004, as big and small pharma players alike work to gain ground in the burgeoning obesity market where Eli Lilly and Co. scored the latest U.S. FDA approval of Zepbound (tirzepatide).
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GC Biopharma files for approval of first homegrown anthrax vaccine

Nov. 14, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
South Korea may soon gain its first domestically developed anthrax vaccine by GC Biopharma Corp., with the Korean biotech having filed Nov. 1 with the MFDS for approval of its novel recombinant protein anthrax vaccine called GC-1109.
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NeurophetAqua

Neurophet nets ₩20B from financing, slates Kosdaq IPO for 2024

Nov. 13, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu

Neurophet Inc. pulled in ₩20 billion (US$15.1 million) in its series C funding round, helping roll out its AI-software suite for neurodegenerative diseases worldwide and prep its IPO on the Kosdaq which is scheduled to take place sometime in 2024.


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Feet on scale

Astrazeneca to pay $2B for Eccogene’s oral GLP-1 obesity drug

Nov. 10, 2023
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
Astrazeneca plc will pay up to $2 billion for Eccogene Co. Ltd.’s oral weight loss candidate, ECC-5004, as big and small pharma players alike work to gain ground in the burgeoning obesity market where Eli Lilly and Co. scored the latest U.S. FDA approval of Zepbound (tirzepatide).
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