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2024.06.04

08:30

Tencent takes stake in hemophilia drug company

Asia Tech Wire (June 4) -- Chinese tech giant Tencent has taken a stake in hemophilia drug company Gensciences Inc.

2024.06.03

08:54

Chinese biopharma firm GenScript plunges 18% after facing possible U.S. investigation

Asia Tech Wire (June 3) -- Chinese biopharmaceutical company Genscript Biotech Corp (1548.HK) plunged nearly 18% after facing a possible U.S. investigation.

2024.05.28

08:15

S. Korean drugmaker Medytox signs LOI to build plant in Dubai

Asia Tech Wire (May 28) -- South Korean drugmaker Medytox has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to build a biopharmaceutical plant in Dubai, according to Yonhap News Agency.

2024.05.13

03:54

China's BGI Genomics says revised U.S. biosafety bill will have little impact on it

Asia Tech Wire (May 13) -- Chinese biotech company BGI Genomics Co Ltd (300676.SZ) recently said that the latest U.S. biosafety bill will have little impact on it.

2024.03.14

04:29

Chinese pharma firm WuXi AppTec dropped from BIO membership

Asia Tech Wire (Mar 14) -- The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), a U.S.-based biotechnology organization, supports the U.S. Biosecure Act and has dropped Chinese pharmaceutical company WuXi AppTec Co Ltd (2359.HK) from its membership.

2021.08.25

05:59

Sequoia Capital's China arm launches new hedge fund for health, biotech stocks

Asian Tech Press (Aug 25) -- Sequoia Capital China, the Chinese arm of U.S. venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, has quietly launched a new fund aimed at trading stocks of publicly listed health and biotech companies, two people familiar with the matter said, The Information reported Tuesday.

2021.08.24

08:03

Samsung to invest $205 billion in chip, biotech over next three years

SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Group, the country's top conglomerate, said Tuesday that its mainstay Samsung Electronics Co. and other affiliates plan to invest a combined 240 trillion won (US$205 billion) over the next three years in a move to secure future growth engines and expand technology leadership in the post COVID-19 era.

2021.08.04

04:52

SoftBank build a $5 billion stake in Swiss drugmaker Roche

(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. has quietly built a $5 billion stake in Roche Holding AG, placing a bet on the pharmaceutical company’s strategy of using data to develop drugs, according to people familiar with the matter.

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