BioCentury This Week
BioCentury This Week
BioCentury
Ep. 394 - Security concerns in U.S., China reshaping biotech
33 minutes Posted Oct 27, 2026 at 1:00 am.
Introduction
Treasury's COINS Act Proposal
NewCos Under COINS
China's Draft Export Controls
Pepstar's Gilead Deal
Merck-Moderna Melanoma Vaccine
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Proposed U.S. Treasury rules implementing the COINS Act would bar U.S. equity investments, joint ventures and co-development deals with China biotechs, potentially ensnaring Asia-to-West NewCos while leaving licensing intact. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts assess the rule’s implications for cross-border dealmaking, the competitive opening it may create for European companies, and China’s narrower-than-feared draft export controls on platform technologies. Th...