The South Korean biotech space has been marked by multiple positive R&D developments and pipeline and partnering progress in recent months, more than outweighing some other setbacks for the rapidly developing sector. 

Junshi is the latest Chinese company to announce plans to expand into Southeast Asia, where its compatriot firms are also eyeing large market potential and are set to benefit from less stringent reviews of China-only clinical data due to fewer questions around ethnic differences versus the US.

The latest step by the Chinese drug maker to support its international ambitions is a bridging study in the US, which will evaluate its PD-1 contender serplulimab against Roche’s PD-L1-targeted Tecentriq.

Plus deals involving Scynexis/Hansoh, Cend/Qilu, Apollomics/Edison, Apollomics/Iterion, Apollomics/Nuance, Aerami/Chance, Antibe/Nuance, Ildong/Arbormed