Also including deals between EpimAb/Vignette, Allist/Jacobio, Rigel/Kissei, Simcere/TargetRx, Altamira/Nuance, PharmaEssentia/Forus and Chugai/LTL.

Newly public company ArriVent BioPharma presented Phase Ib results at WCLC for its kinase inhibitor, which could be the first drug available specifically for hard-to-treat PACC mutations.

The nod will help unlock a national market for the partners’ Dupert (fulzerasib) in which roughly 50,000 people are expected to be newly diagnosed with lung cancer harboring the KRAS G12C mutation in 2025. Meanwhile, two other homegrown rivals are also closing in on marketing clearances in China.

The ranks of B7-H3-targeting antibody-drug conjugates under development in China have seen their first dropout, although elsewhere there are two FGFR2b-directed ADCs with first-in-class potential on the horizon. Meanwhile, there have been other discontinuations of KRAS G12C inhibitors and anti-BCMA CAR-T cell therapies in the country, while new players have surfaced in the areas of mRNA cancer vaccines and amyloid-beta-targeting antibodies for Alzheimer’s disease.