While many of his peers elbowed each other to leap into oncology, James Xue decided to focus on rare diseases such as Hunter’s Syndrome. Now, 10 years after founding CANbridge, the CEO sat down for an audio interview with Scrip to offer his views on a flurry of key issues impacting orphan drug development in potentially the world's largest pharma market.

BeiGene’s $3.5bn Shanghai IPO and CANbridge’s Hong Kong listing, as well as Dizal’s offering on the STAR market and five financing rounds totaling $508.5m help set a record for Chinese biotech fundraising in the last month of 2021.

CanBridge public listing is expected to generate much needed funding and spotlights a largely untapped but challenging segment.

Athenex expands its portfolio of T-cell receptor therapy technology under NCI license agreement; PDS Biotechnology accesses institute’s TARP tumor antigen technology.