Fengtai District of Beijing will lift the epidemic prevention zone of the whole region from now on.

China's First Oral COVID-19 Antiviral Medicine in Dispute

An obscure Chinese company called Genuine Biotech(Chinese: 真实生物) was suddenly put under the spotlight on July 25 when the Chinese authority announced the conditional approval of the company's application for adding the treatment of COVID-19 as a new indication of Azvudine under the special review and approval procedures for drug registration.

Sino Biopharm and Boehringer Ingelheim Sign Option and License Deal for Six Cancer Programs

Sino Biopharmaceutical（中国生物制药）and Boehringer Ingelheim（勃林格殷格翰）announced an option and license agreement on November 4 covering six preclinical cancer programs. Sino Biopharm will receive USD 358 million in upfront and near-term payments and may receive up to USD 7 billion in additional option, development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments.

Wantai Launches Nine-Valent HPV Vaccine Cecolin 9 in Thailand

Wantai Biological（万泰生物）said on November 2 that its nine-valent HPV vaccine, Cecolin 9（馨可宁9）, had launched in Thailand. The product was jointly developed by its subsidiary Xiamen Innovax Biotech（厦门万泰沧海生物技术有限公司）and Xiamen University（厦门大学）.

Futurtec Adds CE MDR-Certified Knee-Replacement System to Its Orthopedic Robotics Portfolio

Futurtec（鑫君特）has received European Union Medical Device Regulation certification for its ORTHBOT X knee-replacement surgical navigation and positioning system, according to a company announcement reported by MedChina in August.

Junshi Biosciences Receives NMPA Approval of sNDA for Toripalimab

The study data showed that compared to chemotherapy alone, toripalimab in combination with chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of patients with advanced NSCLC without EGFR/ALK mutations could significantly improve the PFS and the OS of patients with a manageable safety profile regardless of PD-L1 expression status.