AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoDrug Safety: India is proposing immediate suspension of drugmakers’ licences when products fail quality tests, alongside tighter manufacturing checks. China Pharma: Boehringer Ingelheim signed a deal with Sino Biopharmaceutical covering six cancer programs, worth up to $7 billion in potential payments; China’s Hinova also licensed an autoimmune drug candidate to Evommune in a deal worth up to $1.1 billion. Nutrition & Diabetes: Danone opened its second China R&D hub, with a gut-microbiome lab and pilot production plant. Abbott and Novo Nordisk are expanding semaglutide access across Asia-Pacific. Diagnostics: Siemens Healthineers is carving out its diagnostics business as China weakness weighs on growth; separation is expected by mid-2028. Climate & Health: Heat waves were linked to 19,338 deaths in China in 2025. A study estimates that full compliance with China’s tighter PM2.5 limit could have prevented about 234,000 pollution-related deaths in 2024.
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