Argos Therapeutics lands in the hands of Genexine and SCM Lifescience after the US immunotherapy firm was put up for sale by the Delaware bankruptcy court. The Korean biotechs plan to use the company’s cGMP facilities and experience in large US Phase III trials to accelerate their global market entry.

Samsung Bioepis is shifting gears moving into the development of novel biologics via a strategic collaboration with Takeda. The partners will initially focus on acute pancreatitis and jointly develop Takeda's preclinical candidate in the segment.

A busy stretch of deal-making across Asia all includes transactions involving Innovent, Alector, Ono, Numab, Alphamab, 3DMed, Healios, Athersys, Laekna, Novartis, Asahi Kasei, SBI Biotech, Glenmark, Hindustan Unilever, Hanlim, Alteogen, Ildong, Evotec, AJU Pharm, Ribomec, Tyligand, Context