China This week’s China healthcare and pharma roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta highlights Sichuan Biokin and Binhui Biopharma’s HKEX IPO filings, Betta Pharma’s third IPO attempt, Sirius Therapeutics–B’s HK$1.8B IPO, and Biocytogen’s STAR Market approval. Clinical updates include Eisai’s Leqembi approval for Alzheimer’s, CMS’s NDA plans for ruxolitinib, and RemeGen’s…

China This week’s China healthcare and pharma roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta highlights GenFleet Therapeutics’ HKEX IPO, Sciwind’s IPO filing for enoglutide, Biocytogen’s STAR Market approval, Hengrui’s HER2 ADC licensing deal with Glenmark, and AusperBio’s US$63M Series B2 financing. Clinical updates include AbbVie’s FL filing for Epcoritamab, Ascletis’ THRβ agonist…

Global First published in ISPOR’s Value & Outcomes Spotlight magazine, Shirley V. Wang, PhD, MSc of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, argues that there is an urgent need for transparency in health economics and outcomes research (HEOR). Wang posits that the growing reliance on real-world evidence (RWE) in healthcare…

China This week’s China healthcare and pharma roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta highlights Atom Bioscience’s HKEX IPO, Ark Biosciences’ pipeline funding, Mabwell’s USD 1 billion siRNA deal, HiDiamond Bio’s Pre-Series A, and Enrui Kainuo’s CAR-NK cell therapy financing, alongside updates on IASO Bio’s CAR-T long-term data, Fosun’s breast cancer drug…

Europe Rainer Westermann of European life science venture capital lobby group, the Life Sciences Acceleration Alliance, lays out a policy roadmap for how innovative European pharma can continue to grow and thrive against a backdrop of trade uncertainty and precarious US-EU relations.   The US/EU trade deal was presented as necessary…

China This week’s China biopharma roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta covers Legend Biotech’s planned secondary listing, Betta’s Hong Kong IPO move, iRegene’s USD 40mn raise after FDA Fast Track for its Parkinson’s cell therapy, and Rapafusyn’s USD 44mn Series A for molecular glues. On the clinical front, Junshi posts positive…

UK Writing in the September 2025 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Janet Messer, Catherine Blewett, and Naho Yamazaki of the UK Health Research Authority (HRA) and Stephen Lam, Crina Cacou, Anthony Carter, and Sara Rajendran of the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), lay out how UK clinical…

Japan Writing in the September 2025 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Seiko Usami, Shinichi Noda, Daisuke Koga, and Naoyuki Yasuda of the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), Japan’s regulatory body, outline the benefits for global pharma of including Japan in their drug development activities.   Japan is one of…

Global Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) in 2027, Brendan Shaw explains how the EML has evolved from a basic guide for low-income countries to a global benchmark shaping universal health coverage. Looking at the recently-published 2025 update, Shaw examines the list’s…

China This week’s China biopharma roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta covers Novartis’ USD 5.4bn expansion with Argo in cardiovascular siRNA, Hengrui’s USD 1.1bn out-licensing of its cardiac myosin inhibitor, Novatim’s USD 1.15bn ADC deal with Radiance, Convalife’s Hong Kong IPO filing, and Fosun’s TYK2/JAK1 rights buy. On the clinical side,…

UK Europe risks “slow death” in innovation unless it builds its own Silicon Valley, argues digital health investor Laurent van Lerberghe. With Macron pushing Anglo-French tech sovereignty, the UK and France have the talent, capital, and healthcare ecosystems to lead. By linking their world-class clusters, aligning regulation, and pooling investment, they…

China This week’s China healthcare and pharma roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta covers Gilead’s USD 350mn bet on in vivo CAR-T, GenFleet and Bao Pharma advancing Hong Kong IPOs, Fosun’s USD 670mn global out-licensing deal, new funding rounds for Vibrant and InxMed, and major clinical wins including Akeso’s NSCLC bispecific,…