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October 3, 2025 29 mins

The frenzy among Western companies to access China’s biotechnology innovation is remaking the landscape for cross-border dealmaking, with assets becoming more expensive and partnerships earlier and broader than ever before. That’s being driven by exceptional capital efficiency, access to patients and speed of development, said Frazier Life Sciences’ James Li on The BioCentury Show podcast.
Among multinational companies, “every company has an army on the ground hunting for assets,” said Li, who has more than 30 years of biotech experience, as an investor, company builder and executive at an MNC and a biotech.

View full story: https://www.biocentury.com/article/657156

#ChinaBiotech #Biopharma #CrossBorderDeals #LifeSciences #DrugDevelopment #HealthcareInnovation #BiotechInvesting

00:00 - Introduction
 02:18 - Evolution of an Ecosystem
 04:31 - NewCo Deals
 10:30 - Japan, Korea
 15:30 - Dealmaking

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