{"id":36715,"date":"2025-09-16T23:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/?p=36715"},"modified":"2025-11-07T11:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T03:24:48","slug":"akesos-beat-best-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2025\/09\/16\/akesos-beat-best-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"Akeso\u2019s lung cancer drug beat world best-selling drug, a biotech DeepSeek watershed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2025\/09\/16\/akesos-beat-best-drug\/#What_happened\" >What happened?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2025\/09\/16\/akesos-beat-best-drug\/#A_biotech_watershed\" >A biotech watershed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2025\/09\/16\/akesos-beat-best-drug\/#Relative_articles\" >Relative articles<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_happened\"><\/span>What happened?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the fall of 2024, a watershed event occurred in the biotech industry. At that time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akesobio.com\/en\/media\/akeso-news\/250307\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summit Therapeutics (ticker: SUMT) announced that Ivonescimab, a new cancer immunotherapy drug licensed from Akeso (HK stock code: 9926), performed better than Merck&#8217;s (ticker: MSD) star drug Keytruda in treating patients with advanced lung cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_biotech_watershed\"><\/span>A biotech watershed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people compare this to the biotech version of China&#8217;s generative artificial intelligence DeepSeek shocking Silicon Valley. Because Keytruda is not only the global drug sales champion, but also Merck&#8217;s golden goose. 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