Ep. 394 - Security concerns in U.S., China reshaping biotech

Proposed U.S. Treasury rules implementing the COINS Act would bar U.S. equity investments, joint ventures and co-development deals with China biotechs, potentially ensnaring Asia-to-West NewCos while leaving licensing intact. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts assess the rule’s implications for cross-border dealmaking, the competitive opening it may create for European companies, and China’s narrower-than-feared draft export controls on platform technologies.
The analysts also discuss what drew Gilead to pay $1.3 billion up front for stealth Shanghai biotech PepStar’s oral IL-23 peptide, and whether Merck and Moderna’s Phase III melanoma vaccine data clear the bar for adoption.

View full story: https://www.biocentury.com/article/661319

#BiotechPolicy #ChinaBiotech #CrossBorderDeals #NewCos #CancerVaccines

00:00 Introduction
01:31 Treasury's COINS Act Proposal
05:15 NewCos Under COINS
13:20 China's Draft Export Controls
18:39 Pepstar's Gilead Deal
23:24 Merck-Moderna Melanoma Vaccine

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