Beijing, China; Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 10, 2021—CANbridge Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading China-based global rare disease-focused biopharmaceutical company committed to the research, development, and commercialization of transformative therapies, announced that it signed the collaboration on a rare disease research agreement with the Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), on December 9, 2021. Under terms of the agreement, the two parties will collaborate on research and development in rare disease drug innovation, translational medicine, and clinical verification, leveraging their respective strengths to further improve the development of innovative rare disease drugs and drive medical research and the development of industrial systems for diagnosis and treatment.
“We are delighted and honored to enter into the collaboration agreement with PUMCH, the only national lead organization of the National Collaborative Network for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Rare Diseases with extensive experience in the diagnosis, treatment and clinical research of rare diseases,” said James Xue, Ph.D., CANbridge Founder, Chairman and CEO. “Working together, I believe we’ll be able to find a characteristically Chinese path for the development and innovation of rare disease treatments and to provide hope for patients with rare diseases and their families.”