Having just filed efgartigimod in the US, the European biotech has signed up Zai Lab to help develop and sell the potential autoimmune blockbuster in China, where an estimated 200,000 people live with myasthenia gravis.
argenx N.V. has secured Zai Lab Ltd. as a partner in China for its closely watched pipeline-in-a-product efgartigimod, which has been touted as a future standard of care for the rare autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis (MG).
The Belgian-Dutch biotech has granted Zai Labs exclusive rights to develop and commercialize efgartigimod in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan...
After in-licensing a cardiovascular candidate last year, AstraZeneca has signed a strategic drug discovery alliance, which could generate billions of dollars in payments to the Chinese firm.
Deal Snapshot: Including its internal efforts with bimagrumab, Lilly has been seeking a muscle-sparing therapy to complement GLP-1 obesity drugs, such as Zepbound.
Plus deals involving BioAge/JiKang, Sanyou/Medicovestor, AriBio/Acino, Intragrand/Transpire, Kaken/Twocells, Sumitomo/Novo Nordisk, NIBEC/Undisclosed, Formosa/Adalvo, Drug Farm/Amoytop, Lupin/SteinCares and Lupin/Honeywell.
The $1.25bn buyout is a simple deal for BioNTech, bringing new mRNA R&D and manufacturing capacity while also ending a bothersome patent dispute.
