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3W leads $43m Series E for China's CANbridge

Hong Kong’s 3W Fund Management has led a $43 million Series E round for CANbridge Pharmaceuticals, a Beijing-based drug developer that focuses cancer and rare diseases.

  • Greater China
  • 02 December 2020
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The big C: China biotech start-ups get cutting edge on cancer

The evolution of cancer treatments in China is a bellwether for biotech development in the country and its capacity for genuine innovation. Most PE and VC investors aren’t shying away

  • Greater China
  • 02 December 2020
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Chinese vision therapy start-up Elumninex raises $50m

Chinese eye disease specialist Elumninex Biosciences has raised a $50 million Series A round led by GL Ventures, Lilly Asia Ventures (LAV), and Quan Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 25 November 2020
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PE-backed Antengene trades flat after $359m HK IPO

Antengene, a China-based drug developer that previously raised $238 million across three private funding rounds, closed roughly flat on its first day of trading in Hong Kong following a HK$2.78 billion ($359 million) IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 23 November 2020
Sequoia, Matrix back $200m Series A for China’s D3 Bio

D3 Bio, a Chinese drug developer that studies and specifically targets areas where existing approaches to care are not delivering satisfactory outcomes, has raised $200 million in Series A funding.

  • Greater China
  • 19 November 2020
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KKR buys majority stake in New Zealand animal health business

KKR has acquired Argenta, a New Zealand-based animal health services provider, for an undisclosed sum.

  • Australasia
  • 19 November 2020
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Goldman invests $150m in India biosimilars business

Goldman Sachs has invested INR11.2 billion ($150 million) in Biocon Biologics, the biosimilars business of Indian pharmaceuticals manufacturer Biocon, at a post-money valuation of $3.94 billion.

  • South Asia
  • 12 November 2020
Cell analysis player Cytek raises $120m Series D

RA Capital and Hillhouse Capital have led a $120 million Series D round for Cytek Biosciences, a California-based cell analysis start-up founded by a former professor at Shanghai's Fudan University.

  • Greater China
  • 09 November 2020
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China's JW Therapeutics trades up after $300m Hong Kong IPO

JW Therapeutics, a private equity-backed Chinese drug developer specializing in CAR T-cell therapies that engineer immune cells to fight cancers, has raised HK$2.33 billion ($300 million) through a Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 05 November 2020
China's CARsgen raises $186m Series C

Chinese biotech player CARsgen Therapeutics has raised $186 million in Series C funding led by Loyal Valley Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 04 November 2020
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China biotech player Genecast raises $149m Series E

Genecast Biotechnology, a Chinese gene sequencing and precision diagnostics company, has closed a RMB1 billion ($149 million) Series E funding round led by China Structural Reform Fund.

  • Greater China
  • 30 October 2020
China's LianBio receives $310m round

LianBio, a Chinese biotech start-up incubated earlier this year by life sciences investor Perceptive Advisors, has raised $310 million from a group featuring BlackRock.

  • Greater China
  • 30 October 2020
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China O2O medicine platform raises $150m

Chinese online-to-offline (O2O) medicine retailer Dingdang Kuaiyao has raised RMB1 billion ($150 million) in an extended Series B round featuring Dragon Gate Investment Partners.

  • Greater China
  • 21 October 2020
Swedish GP buys Singapore biotech supplier, SBI exits

Swedish private equity firm Summa Equity has acquired a controlling stake in Singapore-based biotech developer Sengenics for an undisclosed sum, setting up an exit for Japan’s SBI Holdings.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 15 October 2020
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3H Health leads $67m Series B for China's EdiGene

China’s 3H Health Investment has led a RMB450 million ($67 million) Series B round for local genetics-based drug discovery and therapeutics developer EdiGene.

  • Greater China
  • 14 October 2020
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PAG-led consortium buys India drug maker

PAG Asia Capital has made its second substantial investment in India in the past two months, leading a consortium that has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Anjan Drug, a Chennai-based manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API).

  • South Asia
  • 13 October 2020
Lee's Pharmaceutical spin-out gets $145m Series B

Hong Kong-based Zhaoke Ophthalmology Pharmaceutical (ZKO), a subsidiary of Lee’s Pharmaceutical, has raised a $145 million Series B round led by Hillhouse Capital and TPG Asia.

  • Greater China
  • 12 October 2020
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Everest Medicines soars on debut after $451m IPO

Everest Medicines, a Chinese biotech start-up backed by CBC Group, performed strongly in early trading in Hong Kong following a HK$3.5 billion ($451 million) IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 09 October 2020
Genor Biopharma raises $372m in Hong Kong IPO

China-based Genor Biopharma, which counts Hillhouse Capital, Temasek Holdings and Qiming Venture Partners among its investors, has raised HK$2.88 billion ($372 million) through a Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 07 October 2020
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China's Hinova Pharma raises $147m Series C

Hinova Pharma, a Chinese drug developer has raised RMB1 billion ($147 million) in Series C funding from Shenzhen Investment, Hong Kong-listed Tigermed, Huarong Rongde Asset Management, CCB Internationa, and a fund run by Sinopharm Group and CICC Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 06 October 2020
China healthcare SaaS player Taimei raises $176m

Taimei Technology, a Chinese cloud-based software provider that serves the healthcare sector has raised RMB1.2 billion ($176 million) in funding led by Tencent Holdings, GL Ventures and Yunfeng Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 29 September 2020
Vision Fund leads $319m round for China's XtalPi

China and US-based artificial intelligence-enabled drug development platform XtalPi has raised $319 million in Series C funding led by SoftBank Vision Fund, the investment arm of insurer PICC Group, and Morningside Venture Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 29 September 2020
China's InventisBio secures $147m Series D

GL Ventures, the China venture capital arm of Hillhouse Capital, has led a $147 million Series D round for Shanghai-based biotech developer InventisBio.

  • Greater China
  • 28 September 2020
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CDH, SDIC lead $62m Series C for Virogin Biotech

Virogin Biotech, a drug developer based in China and Canada, has received $62 million in Series C funding led by CDH Invesmtents and a subsidiary of State Development and Investment Corporation (SDIC).

  • Greater China
  • 22 September 2020
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