Already priced domestically at a deep discount to counterpart PD-1s in the US, Beigene's tislelizumab could potentially get the first global approval for a China-originated drug in this class, as the immuno-oncology sector as a whole continues to come under pressure in China.

As a part of real-world evidence, patient-reported outcomes can serve to evaluate a drug's efficacy against primary or secondary endpoints and also reflect safety and quality of life, notes a just-released draft regulation from China’s Center for Drug Evaluation.

Beneath booming healthcare financing and deal-making in Asia is a constant flow of ready capital, but there are also challenges that may present hurdles to Hong Kong overtaking Nasdaq as the premier site for listings in the sector, a recent summit heard.

A drug maker’s downfall prompts a new wave of regulatory crackdowns on accounting and audit fraud in China with broad implications across industry sectors.

Despite a pending domestic approval for BioNTech/Fosun's COVID-19 vaccine, China’s apparent belief in another, domestically developed, mRNA vaccine sees a large group of investors pour hundreds of millions into a little-known private bioventure founded by an ex-Moderna scientist and poised to take on the US biotech.

Gracell and FutureGen and NovaRock and Flame partner in Claudin 18.2 antibody R&D for cancer. Plus deals involving HDT Bio/Quratis, Pfizer China/Ferring and Antengene/MindRank AI.