Sino acquires Gmax's obesity drug candidate. Simcere partners with Mass General Brigham on select research projects.

As demand for Wegovy busts through capacity, Biogen’s Viehbacher asks if we need to spend on drugs for weight loss or other preventable diseases when the dollar could go towards non-preventable chronic diseases. Discussing investments at a recent conference, he was joined by Fidelity’s Rajiv Kaul who said the concept of therapeutic classes is outdated

Chinese pharma companies are continuing to pile into the already overcrowded domestic anti-PD-1/L1 sector in China, but despite the competition and regulatory tightening, the latecomers are looking for opportunities in areas such as cervical and small cell lung cancer with relatively fewer contenders.

Sino Biopharm's $161m all-cash acquisition of F-star has finally closed amid heightening US-China tensions and following completion the Chinese firm, through its UK subsidiary invoX, plans to expand its operations and presence at F-star’s UK headquarters.