Key Development A $300 million upfront payment for a candidate only entering Phase 1 suggests Novo Nordisk increasingly sees dosing... Read more
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HANOI WITHDRAWS 30 MEDICAL-DEVICE DECLARATIONS: POST-MARKET REVIEW IS BECOMING THE REAL GATEKEEPER FOR CLASS A AND B DEVICES
Key Development Hanoi's health authority has withdrawn 30 Class A and B medical-device standard declarations. But this should not be... Read more
VIETNAM’S 84 RADIOTHERAPY MACHINES ARE NOT JUST AN EQUIPMENT SHORTAGE — THEY REVEAL A TREATMENT-CAPACITY GAP
Key Development Vietnam has roughly 84 linear accelerators serving a cancer system that records more than 180,000 new cases annually.... Read more
ORPATHYS + TAGRISSO FILED WITH FDA: ASTRAZENECA IS TURNING EGFR RESISTANCE INTO A NEW BIOMARKER-DEFINED MARKET
Key Development AstraZeneca is not simply adding a MET inhibitor to Tagrisso. It is attempting to extend the treatment life... Read more
VIETNAM’S FIRST FETO PROCEDURE: THE REAL MILESTONE IS NOT ONE FETAL INTERVENTION — IT IS THE EMERGENCE OF A FETAL-THERAPY ECOSYSTEM
Key Development On September 26, 2026, Vietnam's National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology reported the country's first technically successful fetoscopic... Read more
PHARMACEUTICAL SELF-RELIANCE: VIETNAM DOES NOT NEED TO MAKE EVERY API — IT NEEDS TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT APIs TO CONTROL
Key Development Vietnam's most important pharmaceutical manufacturing gap is increasingly upstream. The country can manufacture finished medicines, but still produces... Read more
BRELOVITUG WINS PHASE 3: THE HDV RACE IS SHIFTING FROM “HAVING A TREATMENT” TO ACHIEVING DEEPER, MORE DURABLE VIRAL CONTROL
Key Development Brelovitug has cleared an important Phase 3 hurdle in chronic hepatitis delta — but the market it may... Read more
MERCK PUTS UP TO $2.13 BILLION BEHIND SPR2015: CHINA ONCOLOGY LICENSING IS SHIFTING FROM “CHEAPER ASSETS” TO “EARLY INNOVATION”
Key Development The most striking number is not the $2.13 billion headline. It is the $400 million Merck is paying... Read more
MERCK–DAIICHI WITHDRAW I-DXD FILING: THE ERA WHEN A STRONG RESPONSE RATE WAS ENOUGH FOR AN ADC IS FADING
Key Development Ifinatamab deruxtecan produced notable responses in one of the most aggressive cancers. But compelling tumor shrinkage and a... Read more









