Big Antibody Deals Offer Hope Amid Challenging Times For China Biotech

Funding, Geopolitical, COVID Overhangs

Recent antibody mega-deals are providing a rare bright spot for the embattled China biotech sector, amid sharply rising COVID-19 deaths in the country that indicate rebound and recovery could take longer than previously expected.

China airport empty during COVID Zero policy era
With China COVID deaths soaring, biotech sector relief still not in sight • Source: Shutterstock

Despite China’s hopes of recovering and rebounding from an ongoing economic downturn and COVID-19 disruptions, sharply rising deaths and the lingering impact of the pandemic are continuing to cloud investment, bringing little relief to the biotech and pharma sector.

One executive at a Shanghai-based gene therapy firm told Scrip that investor sentiment remains chilly, despite clinical data for new drugs continuing to shine

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