Brian Yang
Managing Editor
Brian is in charge of overall China coverage within the APAC pharma news team. A veteran journalist, he has written extensively on R&D, regulatory, market access and business issues. Brian has led a team of writers providing industry-leading coverage in the second-largest health care market.
Latest From Brian Yang
Can BIOSECURE Maintain Its Virality In The TikTok Era?
With the sheen of inevitability now scuffed off the BIOSECURE Act, diplomatic efforts to reduce US dependence on Chinese APIs are increasing in prominence. And the power of the legislation itself could be determined by litigation about a video app.
China Biotech Podcast: 数据出境新规解读,EHA和ADA的中国数据发布
In this Chinese-language podcast episode, "Angus" Shipo Xie, a lawyer at Han Kun Law, joins Brian Yang to discuss the implications of China's updated Data Overseas Transfer rules issued in late March. Dexter Yan explains clinical data released by Hutchmed, Jiangsu Hengrui and Innovent Bio at the recent EHA and ADA annual conferences.
China Sets Clinical Trial Record But Starting Studies Can Be Challenging
Antibody-drug conjugates, GLP-1 receptor agonists and cell/gene therapies propelled a big increase in clinical trial registrations in China last year, but why do sponsors sometimes remain reluctant to actually start studies?
China Biotech Podcast: BIOSECURE Act Updates ASCO Highlights
US-based Citeline writer Sarah Karlin-Smith joins Brian Yang and Dexter Yan in China to discuss the US BIOSECURE Act and the recent BIO meeting in San Diego, while Dexter Yan discusses China-related ASCO highlights, in this mixed Chinese- and English-language episode.
New Promise, Looming Competition For DMD In China
With several new drugs progressing for the estimated 70,000 patients in China with DMD, a recent setback for Nippon Shinyaku's contender and progress for Chinese gene therapy developers are adding both uncertainty and likely competition in an untapped market with pressing medical need.
China Biotech Podcast: Going Global Trends, Rare Disease Drug Development
Guest speaker Professor Guangzuo Luo joins Brian Yang and Dexter Yang to discuss orphan drug development and going global trends for Chinese bioventures, along with the latest business moves from Shanghai Fosun and Jiangsu Hengrui.