{"id":158119,"date":"2026-09-29T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158119"},"modified":"2026-09-29T09:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:00:07","slug":"astrazeneca-merck-novo-deals-boost-chinese-biotech-as-global-interest-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158119","title":{"rendered":"AstraZeneca, Merck, Novo deals boost Chinese biotech as global interest grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostShares of Akeso surged after British drug maker AstraZeneca moved to advance the Chinese biotech firm\u2019s flagship cancer drug, while a new deal from US giant Merck further underscored the sector\u2019s global momentum amid easing fears of US curbs.<br \/>\nAstraZeneca on Tuesday announced a US$2 billion equity investment in Florida-headquartered Summit Therapeutics, which holds the exclusive rights to develop and commercialise Akeso\u2019s immunotherapy drug ivonescimab outside China.<br \/>\nSummit and AstraZeneca would&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3369187\/astrazeneca-merck-novo-deals-boost-chinese-biotech-global-interest-grows?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostShares of Akeso surged after British drug maker AstraZeneca moved to advance the Chinese biotech firm\u2019s flagship cancer drug, while a new deal from&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158119"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}