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1. China’s drugmakers to take the stage at ASCO
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Karen Weintraub
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A look at the drugs Chinese companies are presenting at ASCO this year illustrates the transformation of that nation’s biotech industry. Instead of a “me-too” drug, Lei Lei Wu notes that a Chinese company is presenting data on a potentially transformative product.
Also, readers: We'll be sending out our afternoon newsletter a bit later than usual today, to coincide with the lift of embargoes on data coming out of ASCO. We'll be in your inbox just after 5 p.m. ET today.

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Karen Weintraub
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by Lei Lei Wu

It’s no se­cret that Ake­so’s pre­sen­ta­tion will be one of the most close­ly watched read­outs from the Amer­i­can So­ci­ety of Clin­i­cal On­col­o­gy an­nu­al meet­ing this...

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by Andrew Dunn

Over a 35-year his­to­ry, In­cyte has grown in­to a $19 bil­lion bio­phar­ma com­pa­ny. The Delaware-based drug­mak­er is now turn­ing to AI to pow­er through the...

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by Elizabeth Cairns

Bio­Marin Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal will seek ex­pand­ed ap­proval for its bone growth-stim­u­lat­ing drug Vox­zo­go af­ter the shot im­proved growth speed in chil­dren with a form of short...

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by Elizabeth Cairns

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by Kyle LaHucik

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