HUYA Bioscience International Announces a Strategic Alliance with the Korea Drug Development Fund

San Diego, CA, USA – November 30, 2015 –HUYA Bioscience International, the leader in accelerating global development of China’s pharmaceutical innovations, today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF) to foster collaboration between KDDF and HUYA with the ultimate goal of advancing Korean development and commercialization of healthcare products for the global market.

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HUYA Bioscience International Celebrates its 10th Anniversary

San Diego Biotech Firm Commemorates a Decade of Innovation

San Diego, CA, USA – November 16, 2015 –HUYA Bioscience International (HUYA) just celebrated its 10th anniversary of the company’s founding with a black tie gala event on November 13 at the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego. The company honored its 10 years of international pharmaceutical innovation and development with live entertainment and video greetings from colleagues and key opinion leaders in Japan and China.

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HUYA Bioscience International and TechCode Gu’an Lifesciences Park Establish Strategic Collaboration

San Diego, CA, USA – November 9, 2015 –HUYA Bioscience International, the leader in accelerating the global development of China’s pharmaceutical innovations, today announced a strategic collaboration agreement with TechCode Gu’an Life Sciences Park (referred to as TechCode Gu’an Park). The collaboration will focus on promoting the development of biomedical innovations from companies located in the park that could help meet the growing demand to fill global pharmaceutical pipelines.

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HUYA Bioscience International Completes First Cohort In Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of HBI-8000 In Japan

Second cohort underway in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients

San Diego, CA, USA – March 19, 2015 –HUYA Bioscience International (HUYA) has completed the first cohort in a Phase 1 clinical trial in Japan of its cancer drug HBI-8000, a novel oral histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor. This follows acceptance by the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) of the company’s accelerated development strategy in Japan. Continue reading

HUYA Bioscience International Announces Regulatory Approval Of Chidamide, The First Selective HDAC Inhibitor In China

HUYA holds exclusive rights to chidamide as HBI-8000 ex-China

San Diego, CA, USA – January 12, 2015 –HUYA Bioscience International (HUYA) announced today that Shenzhen Chipscreen Biosciences (Chipscreen) has obtained marketing approval from the Chinese FDA for the world’s first oral HDAC inhibitor, chidamide, for the treatment of relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma.  Chidamide (Epidaza®) is an orally bioavailable, benzamide-class small molecule, that selectively inhibits cancer-associated HDAC (histone deacetylase) enzymes.  Chidamide has anti-tumor activity through various mechanisms of action, including epigenetic reprogramming and immunomodulation.  HUYA has exclusive rights to chidamide (HBI-8000) worldwide, excluding China, and is developing HBI-8000 for the treatment of hematological and solid tumors. Continue reading

HUYA Bioscience International Is The First To Leverage Tripartite Cooperation

PMDA accepts accelerated development strategy for HBI-8000, a novel cancer drug

San Diego, CA, USA – January 8, 2015 –HUYA Bioscience International (HUYA) announced today that the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) has accepted its accelerated development strategy for the novel cancer drug HBI-8000. HUYA is developing HBI-8000 for the treatment of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) and peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) in Japan. Continue reading