SHANGHAI, China, July 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences,” HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced that the supplemental new drug application for toripalimab, the company’s anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, in combination with axitinib for the first-line […]
Day: July 12, 2023
Reference exchange rate down 15 VND on July 12
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,772 VND/USD on July 12, down 15 VND from the previous day.With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 23,882 VND/USD …
Vietnam, Ireland boost education, sci-tech cooperation
The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK had a working session with the Irish Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) in Dublin on July 10 in a bid to step up the two countries’ cooperation in education, science,…
Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha to retire from politics
Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha announced on July 11 his retirement from politics, nine years after he, as the army chief, took power in a military coup.However, he will remain the caretaker PM until a new government is formed.In an annou…
AMM-56: Vietnam, Laos coordinate closely at multilateral forums
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son had a meeting with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 11 on the sideslines of the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-56) and related meetin…
UN calls for gender equality push, central to SDGs
“Halfway to the 2030 deadline the Sustainable Development Goals are dangerously off track,”, UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres said in his message to mark World Population Day on Tuesday.Mr. Guterres called for standing with women and girls…
Vietnam to establish 33 domestic and int’l airports by 2050
Under the Decision approving the master plan for the development of the national airport network, Vietnam will establish 30 domestic and international airports in the 2021-2030 period and the figure will be 33 by 2050.Source: Lao News Agency
Japan corporate bankruptcies highest in 5 yrs in wake of pandemic
The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan for the first six months of 2023 rose 32.1 percent from a year earlier to a five-year high of 4,042, as businesses took on increased debt to stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic, a survey by a credit …
Bulacan cold storage hubs raid yield P35-M smuggled frozen meat
Authorities seized smuggled frozen meat products worth PHP35 million in an operation in Meycauayan City, Bulacan on Tuesday. In a statement Wednesday, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said the products were discovered in two makeshift cold storage faciliti…