Relatives of an arrested protester tell BBC Persian he is due to be executed on Wednesday, as the death toll from demonstrations reportedly exceeds 2,400.
Relatives of an arrested protester tell BBC Persian he is due to be executed on Wednesday, as the death toll from demonstrations reportedly exceeds 2,400.
Photo: VCG Chinese drugmakers signed a record $135.7 billion in cross-border out-licensing deals in 2025, as global pharma giants raced to tap China’s growing drug pipeline. The sector completed 157 such deals throughout the year, a sharp rise from the $51.9 billion across 94 deals recorded in 2024, according to Chinese data provider PharmCube’s NextPharma database. Pharmaceutical out-licensing ty...
Photo: VCG Chinese drugmakers signed a record $135.7 billion in cross-border out-licensing deals in 2025, as global pharma giants raced to tap China’s growing drug pipeline. The sector completed 157 such deals throughout the year, a sharp rise from the $51.9 billion across 94 deals recorded in 2024, according to Chinese data provider PharmCube’s NextPharma database. Pharmaceutical out-licensing typically grants overseas partners some or all of the rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize a treatment originally developed by the licensor.