China
China approves its first biosimilar of Roche’s Herceptin in HER2+ cancers
August 18, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing China, Henlius, Herceptin, Roche, biosimilar
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has given the green light to Shanghai’s Henlius for its biosimilar version of Roche’s …
China’s drug regulator says vaccines must have 50 percent efficacy to be approved
August 17, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID, China, coronavirus, vaccines
The Chinese Centre for Drug Evaluation (CCDE) has said that coronavirus vaccines must show 50 percent efficacy to be approved. …
Gilead’s Truvada becomes first China-approved drug to prevent HIV-1
August 13, 2020Sales and Marketing China, Truvada, approval. HIV
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has awarded approval to Gilead’s Truvada in a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) indication to prevent …
AstraZeneca seals manufacturing deal to deliver COVID-19 vaccine in China
August 7, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications AstraZeneca, COVID-19, China, pharma
AstraZeneca has signed its first deal in China to produce and deliver its vaccine candidate against COVID-19 in the country, …
Eli Lilly teams up with Chi-Med for Chinese sales of Elunate capsules
July 28, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Chi-Med, China, Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly Shanghai, an affiliate of the wider company, has enlisted the help of biopharma firm Hutchinson China MediTech, or …
Sanofi’s Dupixent scores Chinese approval in moderate to severe atopic dermatitis
June 22, 2020Sales and Marketing China, Dupixent, Sanofi, atopic dermatitis, pharma
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has moved to approve a 300mg pre-filled pen formulation of Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent …
Australia calls for investigation into China’s coronavirus response
April 29, 2020Research and Development Australia, COVID-19, China, coronavirus
Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minister, has called for an investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus, as Australia …
European countries wary about confronting China over COVID-19 death figures
April 24, 2020Medical Communications COVID-19, China, coronavirus
National security experts in the UK and US believe China is underreporting the true amount of COVID-19 deaths, but European …
FDA will allow doctors to use convalescent plasma to treat critical COVID-19 patients
March 26, 2020Business Services COVID-19, China, Chinese Coronavirus, Wuhan Coronavirus, coronavirus
The FDA have announced they will allow doctors to use convalescent plasma, collected from people who recovered from COVID-19, to …
Gilead asks FDA to rescind its Orphan Drug status for potential coronavirus treatment following criticism
March 26, 2020Business Services China, Gilead, Wuhan Coronavirus, china coronavirus, coronavirus
Gilead Sciences has submitted a request for the FDA to rescind its offer of Orphan Drug designation for remdesivir in …
China approves Roche’s Actemra to fight severe complications stemming from coronavirus
March 5, 2020Sales and Marketing Actemra, China, Roche, coronavirus, pharma
China has moved to authorise Roche’s Actemra (tocilizumab) as a treatment for severe complications from contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus in …
Clover Biopharmaceuticals partners up with GSK to accelerate coronavirus vaccine development
February 24, 2020Sales and Marketing China, Clover Biopharmaceuticals, GSK, coronavirus, pharma
Chinese biotech firm Clover Biopharmaceuticals has joined the race to develop interventions against the ongoing coronavirus outbreak with the announcement …
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February 14, 2020Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, Chinese Coronavirus, Wuhan, Wuhan Coronavirus, china coronavirus, coronavirus
The coronavirus continues to dominate the news, with the disease finally getting treated. In America, a patient has been successfully …
Highest fatalities from coronavirus recorded in a single day due to new classifications
February 13, 2020Business Services China, UK Coronavirus, Wuhan, Wuhan Coronavirus, coronavirus
The coronavirus outbreak reached its deadliest day since it began in December. Roughly 242 deaths have been reported in Hubei …
Third person in the UK diagnosed with coronavirus
February 7, 2020Medical Communications China, Coronavirus Wuhan, MERS, Sars, coronavirus, coronavirus China
A third British person has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, which he allegedly caught in Singapore.He was tested in Brighton …
