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Is the turning point of “Cosmic Pharmaceutical Factory” coming?

In 2022, Pfizer’s annual revenue exceeded $100 billion, making it the world’s largest pharmaceutical company in terms of revenue. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic quickly receded, revenue fell by 41% in 2023, and revenue ranking also dropped from first to fourth. Recently, the well-known radical investment institution Starboard Value invested $1 billion in Pfizer. What changes will this bring to this pharmaceutical giant? In 1849, Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart founded Pfizer in New York, initially focusing on the production of chemical products. During World War II, Pfizer successfully mass-produced penicillin and launched oxytetracycline, officially entering the pharmaceutical industry. Since then, Pfizer has continued to expand through research and development and mergers and acquisitions, launched blockbuster drugs such as Norvasc and Viagra, and gradually became a leading global pharmaceutical company. Since the 21st century, Pfizer has topped the list of the top 50 pharmaceutical companies in the world (Pharm Exec ...
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- November 2, 2024
It is better to look at the long-term situation

October is coming to an end, and the third quarter “exam” of the innovative drug industry will also come to an end. From the surface, although the entire industry is still turbulent, new drug research and development is crowded with “involution”, commercialization challenges are numerous, and the capital winter is still spreading, but from the performance point of view, the situation does not seem to be as bad as imagined. On the one hand, as the product strength and commercialization capabilities of leading innovative pharmaceutical companies are constantly confirmed, their revenue continues to grow at a high rate and their profitability is enhanced; on the other hand, more and more pharmaceutical companies have also achieved phased results in cost control in reducing costs and increasing efficiency. The resonance of the two major factors has further expanded the “loss reduction” camp. Various signs indicate that in the cold winter after the ...
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- November 2, 2024
Domestic TCE polyclonal antibodies are “surging”

MNCs are hunting for domestic molecules and have already involved the field of TCE polyclonal antibodies. On October 29, GlaxoSmithKline announced the acquisition of Enmu Bio’s CD19 and CD20 targeted T cell engager CMG1A46, including a $300 million advance payment and $550 million in potential milestone payments. Not long ago in August, Merck also bought Tongrun Bio’s CD3xCD19 bispecific antibody CN201 with a down payment of $700 million and a milestone payment of $600 million. The direction of the giants is also relatively consistent: betting on the autoimmune market. At present, the core “battlefield” of TCE polyclonal antibodies is tumors. TCE polyclonal antibodies are relatively special. One end (or two ends) is connected to TAA (tumor-associated antigen) to locate tumor cells, and the other end is connected to the CD3 epitope of T cells to activate T cells and exert the tumor-killing effect of T cells. In the field of ...
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- November 2, 2024
The first patient enrolled in the Phase III clinical trial of first-line treatment for biliary tract tumors using the head to head valumab regimen and the Ivo Western regimen

Recently, Kangfang Biotechnology (9926. HK) announced the completion of the first patient enrollment in a randomized, controlled, multicenter, registered Phase III clinical trial (HARMONI-GI-01/AK112-309) of its independently developed PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody combination regimen with Ivexil and a comparison with Valiumab (PD-L1) combination regimen for first-line treatment of advanced biliary malignancies (BTC). Research on AK112-309 The HARMONI-GI-01/AK112-309 study was conducted by renowned domestic liver and gallbladder tumor experts, Professor Zhou Jian from Zhongshan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University and Professor Zheng Tongsen from Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, as co principal investigators. The endpoint of the study was overall survival (OS). The HARMONI-GI-01/AK112-309 study is the sixth registered phase III clinical trial conducted by Ecovaci, using PD-1/L1 monoclonal antibodies as control drugs. It reflects the company’s determination and confidence in iterating the current tumor immunotherapy landscape and establishing better global cancer standard treatments. It also demonstrates the ability of Kangfang Biotech ...
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- November 2, 2024
AI+Gene Therapy | Dyno partners with Roche, with a prepayment of $50 million and a total value exceeding $1 billion

On October 24, 2024, Dyno Therapeutics, a gene technology company that utilizes artificial intelligence for in vivo gene delivery, announced its second research collaboration with Roche to jointly develop the next generation of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors for gene therapy targeting neurological diseases.Dyno and Roche previously announced a research collaboration and licensing agreement in October 2020 for neurological disorders and liver targeted therapies. According to this new collaboration agreement, Dyno Therapeutics will provide Roche with more opportunities to utilize the company’s leading platform and sequence design technology in the field to achieve in vivo gene delivery. The existing gene therapies mainly use a small amount of naturally occurring AAV vectors, which have problems such as low delivery efficiency, pre-existing immunity, and manufacturability. To overcome these challenges, Dyno took the lead in applying artificial intelligence and high-throughput in vivo data acquisition technology to engineer the AAV virus capsid, in order to ...
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- November 1, 2024
the wind rises, accelerates, and accelerates again

The development story of tumor drugs is always so similar: the early stage may be endless suffering, but after countless failures and dashed hopes, once there is a breakthrough, the progress is often unexpected. This is the development of drugs for the treatment of small cell carcinoma (SCLC). SCLC was first discovered about 100 years ago, but it was not until 1968 that the medical community discovered its neuroendocrine origin and finally clearly distinguished it from other lung cancers. In the 1980s, the treatment of platinum-containing chemotherapy combined with chest radiotherapy gradually became clear and became the basic treatment for small cell lung cancer. Although the combination of etoposide and carboplatin/cisplatin (EP) has been the standard treatment for SCLC until now; but we can also clearly see that the battle against small cell lung cancer has entered an accelerated stage. In May of this year, Amgen’s DLL3/CD3 dual antibody Tarlatamab ...
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- November 1, 2024
“Plan B” for Chinese pharmaceutical companies to go overseas

Weighing the risks is the primary issue that all pharmaceutical companies need to consider when going overseas. The cost of going overseas is not cheap. Not to mention the time cost required to build overseas clinical, promotion, and registration experience, the capital cost is the top priority. BeiGene provides a good reference: although it has seen the dawn of profitability, this is based on the total loss of nearly 50 billion yuan in the past five years; Legend Biotech’s overseas cost is not low either. It is estimated that it has spent at least 1 billion US dollars since the establishment of the Xidaqiolunsai project. Industry insiders commented that this is far more expensive than imagined. From the perspective of capital investment alone, it can be asserted that there are not many pharmaceutical companies that can play the two cards of “local + going overseas” at the same time. To ...
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- October 30, 2024
Sinocell’s “RSV vaccine 1.2 category new drug” approved for clinical trials

According to the official website of CDE, SCTV02 injection, a Class 1.2 new drug for preventive biological use developed by Sinocell Engineering Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Sinocell”), has obtained implicit approval for clinical trials. Its indication is to prevent diseases caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an infectious virus belonging to the genus Pneumovirus of the family Paramyxoviridae. It mainly causes lower respiratory tract infections such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants under 6 months old, and upper respiratory tract infections such as rhinitis and colds in older children and adults. According to statistics, almost all children have been infected with respiratory syncytial virus before the age of 2. Due to the large population base in China, the number of children with lower respiratory tract infections caused by RSV infection ranks relatively high in the world. RSV has always been called the ...
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- October 29, 2024
The first day of the national negotiations | Antiviral, anesthetic, antihypertensive drugs, etc. are being discussed! Hengrui, Hisense, Merck…appeared

On October 27, the 2024 National Medical Insurance Negotiations officially began at the National People’s Congress Conference Center in Beijing. The entrance to the venue was crowded. Some companies said that “the talks will not start until tomorrow, but we came in advance to check out the atmosphere.” This year, a total of 162 generic drugs will participate in the negotiations/bidding. The negotiations will be conducted by 25 negotiation experts from medical insurance departments selected from all over the country and divided into 5 groups. The negotiations will last until October 30, and the final results are expected to be announced in November. It is reported that the varieties of negotiations on the first day involve antiviral, anesthetic analgesic, antihypertensive and other fields. Hengrui, Merck, Kangyuan, Zhengda Tianqing, Renfu, Hisense, Xinlitai, Daiichi Sankyo, Baxter and other companies have entered the venue. Companies on the scene revealed that their Chinese medicine ...
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- October 29, 2024
Are stem cells the “terminator” of diabetes? Chinese scientists used stem cell regeneration therapy to cure type 1 diabetes for the first time

Cell, an international authoritative scientific journal, recently published a pioneering achievement from multiple research teams in China – the first time to use stem cell regeneration therapy to functionally cure type 1 diabetes. The research team used chemical reprogramming technology to induce pluripotent stem cells to prepare islet cells, and transplanted them to a type 1 diabetes patient, achieving clinical functional cure effect. So, how is it successful to induce stem cells to prepare pancreatic islet cells? Is functional cure truly a cure? Will stem cell technology be the key to conquer diabetes in the future? What is the difference between functional cure and cure Diabetes is a thorny disease, and its biggest harm to patients is that there are many clinical complications, which may lead to cardiovascular disease, nervous system damage, kidney disease, eye disease, foot disease, and so on. Diabetes ranks ninth among the world’s ten leading ...
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- October 28, 2024

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