Around the turn of the year, four Chinese biotechs including Kelun Biotech and BioRay ramped up funding with deals worth more than $100m, at a time when overall investment sentiment in the sector remains gloomy.

Lupin hires former nemesis at FDA, how Baker exposed Hisun’s ‘full investigation,’ Cetylite’s many methods for overcoming OOS results, old school inspection-driven recalls at Vitae Enim Vitae Scientific and a critique of Catalent filling line’s non-deliberate response to the pandemic.

China's top regulator grants approvals to a record number of novel drugs, including multiple oncology products from domestic companies, which are increasingly shifting to innovation, supported by positive regulatory changes over the past few years.

Pandemic-related collaborations between Hoth/VCU; Sorrento/Mt. Sinai Health; Audax/Northeastern U.; Alkido/U. of Maryland, Baltimore; Active Motif/Hisun BioRay/Fudan U. and more.