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Avanir Deal Partly Plugs Otsuka’s Abilify Gap

While some eyebrows are being raised over the sum Otsuka Pharmaceutical is proposing to shell out for a small U.S. CNS company with only one niche marketed product, the pipeline the deal will bring is being viewed positively by some analysts.

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China Signals Restarting IPOs For Unprofitable Biotechs

 
• By Dexter Jie Yan

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has proposed a new “growth tier” for the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, to reinstate the market’s listing standards for unprofitable firms.

Innovent Builds Metabolic Pipeline While Retaining Oncology Backbone

 
• By Xu Hu

Innovent presented data on multiple pipeline assets at ASCO, including promising OS results for its first-in-class anti-PD-1/IL-2α-bias bispecific. The Chinese firm is also continuing to build out its metabolic disease portfolio and consider its partnering strategies, its CEO tells Scrip.

Profit-Sharing AI Model Proposed To Boost Korean Drug R&D

 
• By Jung Won Shin

A differentiated profit-sharing model to accelerate the use of AI in drug development using clinical and patient data is being proposed in South Korea, but the idea faces multiple practical challenges