Asia-Pacific

SHARP's Karada Mate Watch integrates HEALBE's bioimpedance-based FLOW platform to estimate calorie intake and hydration automatically.

Junshi Biosciences will receive RMB215m upfront plus milestones and royalties under a Greater China licensing deal for its anti-IL-17A antibody.

The Leipzig-based regenerative medtech firm reports 83% mean breast volume retention and zero scaffold-related complications in its first-in-human safety cohort.

GNI Group has acquired Ayumi Pharmaceutical from Blackstone, adding an 83% Japanese acetaminophen market share to its four-region biopharma platform.

LENZ Therapeutics has licensed VIZZ to Australia's largest pharma distributor, marking its fifth international partnership for the FDA-approved presbyopia eye drop.

HUTCHMED's FGFR2-targeted oral candidate met its primary endpoint in pretreated intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, supporting a China NMPA priority review NDA.

Japan's health ministry has approved rilzabrutinib for persistent or chronic ITP, backed by Phase 3 data showing a 23% durable platelet response versus zero

BioCardia plans to file CardiAMP Cell Therapy for approval in Japan by Q4 2026, targeting an initial patient subgroup of 20,000 ischemic heart failure

Japan's MHLW has approved isatuximab SC across multiple myeloma indications, with an on-body injector application still under regulatory review.

Ocumension will file for Chinese marketing approval of NCX 470 shortly after Kowa submits a US NDA, expected summer 2026.

The Taiwan-based cell therapy company closes its Horizon Space SPAC combination, debuting on Nasdaq under ticker SLBT with a $5.6bn implied valuation.

ESLIM-02 Phase III data showed a 66% durable response rate versus 15% for placebo, supporting a priority-review NDA filed with China's NMPA.

China's NMPA has conditionally approved telitacicept for IgAN, marking the fourth indication for the dual BAFF/APRIL inhibitor and its first kidney disease clearance.

RemeGen's telitacicept becomes the first approved therapy for Sjögren's disease in China, backed by Phase 3 data showing significant improvements on both ESSDAI

The Tokyo-listed biopharmaceutical group is buying Blackstone's Japanese specialty pharma asset to build a cross-Pacific commercial platform.

Amtagvi becomes the first T cell therapy approved for a solid tumour in Australia, the country with the world's highest melanoma incidence.

LB2501, a single-infusion in vivo CAR-T candidate, achieved 100% objective response in six relapsed/refractory NHL patients with no dose-limiting toxicities.

Phase 2 data presented at ASCO 2026 show a 58% two-year survival rate in metastatic NSCLC patients with acquired resistance to checkpoint inhibitors.

Amplia Therapeutics is initiating a daily-dosing Phase 2b study of its FAK inhibitor narmafotinib in advanced pancreatic cancer, with enrolment due by Q4 2026.

A 30-patient Mumbai study reported 92% vein occlusion at 90 days and no serious adverse events for VVT Med's catheter-directed sclerotherapy system.