The latest development over the licensing arrangement for the anticancer drug may deal a further blow to BeiGene’s oncology commercial efforts in China.

China’s booming biotech sector shows no signs of slowing and is spurring many contract clinical and manufacturing service providers to double their bets in a market that remains largely untapped for innovative biologics. But whether the boom will turn to a bubble remains to be seen.

As China's regulators renew moves to encourage the development of pediatric medicines, indication expansion may give health players a new growth engine, despite remaining policy challenges and lingering market uncertainties.

Already priced domestically at a deep discount to counterpart PD-1s in the US, Beigene's tislelizumab could potentially get the first global approval for a China-originated drug in this class, as the immuno-oncology sector as a whole continues to come under pressure in China.

As a part of real-world evidence, patient-reported outcomes can serve to evaluate a drug's efficacy against primary or secondary endpoints and also reflect safety and quality of life, notes a just-released draft regulation from China’s Center for Drug Evaluation.

Beneath booming healthcare financing and deal-making in Asia is a constant flow of ready capital, but there are also challenges that may present hurdles to Hong Kong overtaking Nasdaq as the premier site for listings in the sector, a recent summit heard.