Dexter Jie Yan

Dexter Jie Yan

Senior Reporter

Shanghai, China

Dexter Yan is a senior writer covering China’s surging pharma industry on the APAC Pharma news team. With a keen interest in R&D and commercial activities taking place around the clock, he is always on the lookout for opportunities to keep readers better informed of any developments in the field.

Latest from Dexter Jie Yan

Dizal’s Zegfrovy Snags World-First Phase III Win As Oral Option For Rare-Type NSCLC

Dizal's Zegfrovy (sunvozertinib), already approved in the US and China for the second-line treatment of NSCLC with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations, triumphs in the WU-KONG28 Phase III study in the first-line setting.

Kintor’s Male Hair Loss Drug Returns With Phase III Win

Kintor's topical androgen receptor inhibitor KX-826 posts win in China Phase III trial in male androgenetic alopecia, following a Phase III setback in 2023.

Almirall Eyes China Dermatology Assets Beyond Simcere Partnership

Spanish firm's CSO Karl Ziegelbauer shares with Scrip his views on potential alliances with Chinese and other companies and what Almirall can bring to the table.

In Brief: Jacobio/AZ’s JAB-23E73 Reports First Clinical Results For Pan-KRAS Inhibitors

Clinical Data Readout: Jacobio Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca's JAB-23E73, a pan-KRAS inhibitor, stands out among its peers as the first to report preliminary Phase I results after completing the dose escalation phase of a China-based clinical study.

Qilu, Lynk Score Phase III Wins In China Cancer, Atopic Dermatitis Trials

Qilu’s bifunctional combo of PD-1 and CTLA-4 antibodies hits its marks in a Phase III cervical cancer trial, while Lynk’s JAK1 inhibitor logs similar win in atopic dermatitis.

Sanofi Replenishes cGVHD Pipeline With Sino Biopharm’s JAK/ROCK Inhibitor

Deal Snapshot: By paying Sino Biopharm up to $1.5bn, Sanofi appears to planning for its new Chinese partner’s JAK/ROCK inhibitor rovadicitinib to pick up where its own Rezurock left off in first-line, chronic graft-versus-host disease.