Argenx Advances Efgartigimod Into China With Zai Lab Pact

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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.

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200,000 people in China live with myasthenia gravis. • Source: Shutterstock

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).

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