News BMS signs $15.2bn R&D alliance with China's Hengrui Hengrui agrees a $15.2bn R&D alliance with BMS in oncology/haematology and immunology, less than a year after a similar $12bn deal with GSK.
News Obesity-focused biotech Kailera joins IPO queue in US Kailera Therapeutics has filed for an IPO, hoping to whet investor appetites with its pipeline of drug candidates for weight loss.
News Kailera, Hengrui stake claim to oral weight loss category Chasing Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, Kailera and Hengrui have reported 12.1% weight loss in phase 2 with their oral GIP/GLP-1 agonist ribupatide.
News Hengrui gets first OK for a PD-L1/TGF-beta drug for cancer Hengrui has achieved a milestone in oncology as retlirafusp alfa is approved in China, its first world market, for gastric cancer.
Oncology The importance of globalisation for patient access At ESMO 2025 in Berlin, pharmaphorum spoke with Jo Feng, president of Hengrui Pharma.
News $600m round will help Kailera push obesity drug into phase 3 Kailera Therapeutics has raised an eye-watering $600 million in Series B financing to take its lead drug for weight loss into pivotal trials.
News As Ebola deaths climb, search begins for vaccine The WHO has held a closed expert meeting to identify potential vaccines for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola and fast-track clinical trials.
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