TAIPEI, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — BenQ Materials hosted the groundbreaking “From Material Science to Mission: 2025 Cross-Industry Circular Economy Forum” at the Taiwan Textile Research Institute on September 16. This milestone event gathered global brand Patagonia, the Taiwan Technical Textiles Association, Chung Hwa Pulp Corporation, and the Circular Taiwan Network to explore how material innovation, product footprint, responsible supply chains, and cross-industry collaboration can advance sustainable transformation. The collective goal: to position “Sustainable Manufacturing in Taiwan” as a trusted global hallmark.

BenQ Materials: Cross-Industry Vision and Leadership

Dr. ZC Chen, Chairman of BenQ Materials, opened the forum by emphasizing that enterprises should not merely serve as suppliers, but as “co-creators of sustainable value.” Expanding from electronics into textiles, BenQ Materials is driving cross-industry circularity through its performance textile brand Xpore. The pioneering Xpore e2cycle – the world’s first and only recycled PET fabric derived from LCD waste – demonstrates how e-waste can be transformed into high-performance, durable, and functional textiles. This innovation connects the electronics and textile sectors, realizing the vision of “upcycling and upvaluing” materials to prolong their lifecycle and boost value.

Patagonia: Sustainability DNA and Collaborative Action

Matt Dwyer, Vice President of Global Product Footprint at Patagonia, delivered a keynote titled “Product Footprint: A Balancing Act,” reviewing a decade of progress and challenges in implementing preferred materials – fibers and raw materials that improve environmental or social sustainability outcomes, now used in over 95% of Patagonia’s products. Dwyer underscored Patagonia’s pledge to eliminate PFAS by 2025 and to push the “Waste Economy,” such as transforming discarded fishing nets into NetPlus® nylon, diverting over 6.2 million pounds of ocean-bound nets since 2018. He highlighted the company’s “Fair Trade” initiatives, showing with data how these raise employee satisfaction, enhance product responsibility, and build consumer trust, while moving toward the “living wage” goal.

Xpore and Patagonia: Opportunities and Challenges in Partnership

Dwyer spotlighted the journey of collaboration with Xpore: from rigorous audits to enduring partnership, Patagonia recognized the potential of Taiwanese suppliers in the global chain. When Xpore debuted in 2020 with its PFAS-free, solvent-free material, Patagonia quickly initiated discussions in pursuit of high-performance yet eco-friendly solutions.

The real test came with Patagonia’s thorough audits in 2023, examining wages, safety, worker welfare, and even conducting direct interviews with frontline staff. Xpore’s transparent pay practices, above-standard benefits, and honest culture enabled it to pass in one attempt—often a rare feat among textile factories. This transparency and commitment accelerated the partnership and deepened mutual trust.

Today, Xpore and Patagonia have moved beyond a traditional client–supplier model, becoming true problem-solving partners. Xpore’s highest-grade Ultra nanoporous film is now featured in the Patagonia M10® Waterproof Alpine Anorak, designed to withstand extreme environments with outstanding performance and comfort—all through a PFAS-free process that exemplifies the best in technological and sustainable innovation.

Xpore’s story demonstrates that Taiwan’s textile industry can not only match global standards in technology, but also excel in ESG, supply chain responsibility, human rights, and transparency—offering a blueprint for how material science can be mission-driven and setting a new bar for sustainable transformation.

Textile Association: Innovation Through Design

Dr. Cam Huang, Secretary-General of the Taiwan Technical Textiles Association, shared stories of “the Oscars of the textile world,” highlighting the industry’s dual strengths in high-performance and sustainable design, and urging more companies to make sustainability the core of brand value.

Chung Hwa Pulp: From Forest to Future Materials

Kirk Hwang, Chairman of Chung Hwa Pulp Corporation, spoke on “From Forest to Purpose,” demonstrating commitment to responsible forestry and circular manufacturing. By expanding pulp into biofibers and low-carbon packaging, coupled with energy transformation, Chung Hwa Pulp aims for 50% green energy self-sufficiency by 2030, embodying sustainable innovation in raw materials.

Circular Taiwan Network: Good Ideas + Good Governance = Good Business

Charles Huang, Chairman of the Circular Taiwan Network, called for breaking linear thinking and advancing Circular Collaboration for Climate Crisis (CC4CC). Only through cross-industry and international cooperation can a sustainable ecosystem be built, citing the limited impact of global carbon reduction efforts over the past 30 years.

Co-Creating a Global Mark for “Sustainable Manufacturing in Taiwan“

With its purpose-driven approach and focus on material innovation, BenQ Materials aims to lead Taiwan into a new era of sustainable manufacturing. From global brand Patagonia to Taiwanese leaders in material science, textiles, and circular industries, all participants echoed the call to establish the “Taiwan Can Lead” alliance. By integrating ESG, circular economy, and responsible supply chains, they aspire to make “Sustainable Manufacturing in Taiwan” a global standard and to propel cross-industry transformation toward a sustainable future.

SUNWAY CITY, Malaysia, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway City (SMC) has been honoured as top Malaysian hospital and debuted in the top 350 hospitals in the world, as per the latest Newsweek’s World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2026 ranking.

This is the first ever time Malaysia is featured in the prestigious list and SMC was ranked at 313^th place among other prominent international hospitals globally.

The latest rankings are based on a comprehensive online survey; along with Statista Smart Hospitals Maturity Survey, and Joint Commission International (JCI) hospital accreditation.

Dato’ Lau Beng Long, President of Sunway Healthcare Group said, “We are extremely proud to be ranked among the world’s best smart hospitals. The integration of latest technologies and digitalising the medical systems are essential to enhance patient satisfaction, streamline operations, and empower our clinicians.

“With the introduction of digital and automation technologies including artificial intelligence (AI) powered systems, Sunway Healthcare Group remains committed to patient safety, data privacy, and ethical standards. This is how we will drive both growth and innovation while staying true to our mission to build a future-ready Sunway,” he said.

The latest accomplishment builds upon SMC’s recent success in Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospital 2025 ranking, where it was ranked top hospital in Malaysia and in the Top 250 hospitals in the world for two consecutive years.

As the flagship hospital of Sunway Healthcare Group, SMC is home to over 300 resident medical consultants, 80 medical specialities and 28 Centres of Excellence. Upon the completion of its sixth block – Tower F (Children’s Pavilion), SMC will have the capacity to expand to over 1,100 beds.

SMC is also proud to be the first hospital in Malaysia to achieve three major hospital-wide accreditations: Joint Commission International (JCI) Accreditation Gold Seal of Approval from United States of America; the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) International; and the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH).

The rankings mark the fifth year Newsweek partnered with Statista, Inc., a prominent global market research and consumer data firm, to assess and rank the world’s best smart hospitals.

SINGAPORE, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — South Korea’s leading retailer, Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd., hosted its 2025 CEO IR Day at The Westin Singapore on September 17 for the third consecutive year, reinforcing its long-term commitment to Southeast Asia expansion, AI transformation, and shareholder value. The event followed the company’s annual CEO IR Day held in Seoul on September 15 and investor meetings in Hong Kong on September 16.

This year’s Singapore session brought together a large gathering of institutional investors, asset managers, and analysts. At the event, Vice Chairman and Group CEO of Lotte Retail, Samuel Sanghyun Kim addressed the audience, outlining the company’s Transformation 2.0 strategy to drive sustainable global growth and enhance corporate value.

Lotte Shopping is the flagship retail business of Lotte Group, one of South Korea’s five largest conglomerates. Guided by its vision to become “the customer’s first shopping destination” the company operates a diversified portfolio spanning department stores, hypermarkets, supermarkets, and e-commerce. It manages over 14,000 stores across Korea and is actively expanding its presence in overseas markets, particularly in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore.

Lotte Shopping secured financial stability through its Transformation 1.0 strategy initiated in 2022, and in 2024 unveiled Transformation 2.0, a plan centered on fostering new growth engines and strengthening core competitiveness, ultimately aiming to enhance shareholder value. To guide its execution, the company set long-term targets of KRW 20.3 trillion in revenue and KRW 1.3 trillion in operating profit by 2030. Overseas sales are projected to reach KRW 3 trillion by the same year.

Accelerating Overseas Growth through Southeast Asia Expansion

Lotte Shopping has been accelerating its overseas growth strategy, with Southeast Asia emerging as a core focus. In 2024, its overseas business revenue rose 5.1% with operating profit up 114.9%. This momentum continued into the first half of 2025, with overseas operations contributing 12.9% of consolidated revenue and 18.1% of operating profit.

A major success story has been Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi, launched in 2023. The complex surpassed KRW 100 billion in sales within 122 days, attracted over 10 million visitors in its first year, and recorded profitability for two consecutive quarters. In 2024, revenue in Vietnam rose 20% while operating profit increased 216.9%. Indonesia also recorded year-on-year gains in both indicators.

In Singapore, Lotte Shopping launched its LOTTE Mart EXPRESS shop-in-shop format at FairPrice in May 2025. The EXPRESS stores feature a curated selection of Lotte’s private brand (PB) products. Today, its PB products are available in over 100 FairPrice stores. The company is also exporting to 13 countries as demand for K-Food and Korean lifestyle brands grows.

Building on this success, Lotte Shopping is pursuing its vision of becoming the premier shopping destination in Southeast Asia. The company plans to develop two to three additional premium retail complexes in major Vietnamese cities by 2030. It will diversify its store formats and further expand LOTTE Mart EXPRESS shop-in-shop model across the region. In addition, the company is exploring consulting initiatives to bring its advanced retail systems and merchandising expertise to local partners.

To support this regional strategy, Lotte Shopping plans to establish an International Headquarters (iHQ) in Singapore. The iHQ serves as a strategic control tower for the Southeast Asia region. It integrates key corporate functions such as HR, finance, strategy, and marketing, and drives localized PB development. It also supports the expansion of retail infrastructure through partnerships with regional distributors and local developers, while working closely with global financial institutions to secure new sites and mobilize capital for investment.

AI-driven Innovation

Lotte Shopping is also prioritizing AI-powered innovation. Through its vision of becoming an “Agentic Enterprise,” the company is applying AI across shopping, merchandising, operations, and corporate functions to boost efficiency and productivity. In Korea, the company plans partnerships with major domestic and international big tech companies, to co-develop AI applications specialized for retail, spanning product recommendations, merchandising automation, and demand forecasting. In parallel, it is building an integrated Retail Media Network (RMN) platform connecting online and offline retail channels. In Singapore, the iHQ is collaborating with local technology partners to co-develop RMN solutions tailored for Southeast Asian markets.

Strengthening Core Businesses for Profitability

Domestically, Lotte Shopping is reinforcing the core competitiveness of its business units. Department stores have been a bright spot, with flagship locations in Korea posting an average annual transaction growth of 8.4% over the past four years. Building on this, the company plans to establish “Lotte Towns” in Korea’s major commercial areas to sharpen its competitive edge.

Lotte Mart and Lotte Super are pushing ahead with their shift to grocery-focused formats under the “Grand Grocery” model, into a specialty retailer. In e-commerce, the company is focusing on vertical commerce, positioning itself as the Lotte Group’s online gateway and prioritizing profitability, with the target of returning to annual operating profit by 2026. Subsidiaries such as Hi-Mart, Home Shopping, and Cultureworks are also restructuring around profitability while exploring new growth engines that can create synergies with their existing businesses.

Enhancing Financial Stability and Shareholder Value

Following an asset revaluation in late 2024, Lotte Shopping saw its debt ratio fall by 61 percentage points to 129%, while borrowing dependence dropped by 11 percentage points to 38%. Liquidity was further strengthened through ample cash reserves and credit lines, along with tighter investment controls and asset optimization that reduced debt levels. On the returns side, the company paid a dividend of KRW 3,800 per share last year, exceeding its stated minimum, and in June became the first retailer in Korea to introduce an interim dividend.

Samuel Sanghyun Kim, Vice Chairman and Group CEO of Lotte Retail, said, “At Lotte Shopping, our goal is to build trust not only with customers, but also of shareholders, investors and partners. By successfully executing our Transformation 2.0 acceleration strategy, we will solidify Lotte Shopping’s position as the customer’s number one shopping destination at home and abroad.”

Strengthens Identity and Data Resilience to Speed Response and Recovery from Destructive Cyberattacks  

SINGAPORE, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cohesity today announced multiple cyber resilience breakthroughs at the company’s Catalyst 1 Data Security Summit, extending its pioneering Five-Step Cyber Resilience Framework to companies and governments. These innovations include unmatched protection for compute, container, storage and database workloads across the three leading hyperscale clouds, and a groundbreaking new identity resilience solution.  

Cohesity additionally introduced on-premises isolated data vaults for organizations with data sovereignty requirements and expanded its integration with leading AI-native data security platform Cyera. Additionally, to help customers unlock greater value from their protected data, Cohesity unveiled new AI-powered capabilities for Cohesity Gaia, the enterprise knowledge discovery assistant.  

Despite greater awareness of threats like ransomware, cyberattacks continue to cause significant operational, financial, and reputational damage. Even if an organization has solid disaster recovery processes in place, those same processes cannot be relied on to recover from cyberattacks. To address this challenge, Cohesity has established its unique five-step framework that organizations should take to strengthen cyber resilience: protect all data, ensure data is always recoverable, detect and investigate threats, practice application resilience, and optimize data risk posture. 

“Cyberattacks have become an unavoidable reality, and organizations can’t afford to be unprepared,” said Vasu Murthy, senior vice president and chief product officer, Cohesity. “But prevention alone isn’t enough. That’s why Cohesity is focused on helping organizations approach resilience more comprehensively, so they can withstand attacks, recover faster, and safeguard business continuity and reputation. Our newest capabilities build on this foundation, giving customers confidence in knowing their data is protected, recovery processes are proven, and their risk posture is continuously being optimized.” 

Protecting All Data 

Organizations continue to grow their cloud footprint as they accelerate their digital transformations. Cohesity helps customers protect a wide range of cloud workloads with one of the industry’s most extensive connector libraries. To keep pace with customer needs, the company plans to add 40 additional connectors by the end of 2025, including the most popular compute, container, storage, and database services across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. 

Today, Cohesity also announced Cohesity Identity Resilience, powered by Semperis, to strengthen resilience for Microsoft Active Directory, which is among the most heavily targeted systems in cyberattacks and a top recovery priority. By combining Cohesity Data Cloud’s immutable foundation with Semperis’ automated forest recovery and advanced identity protection tools, customers will gain stronger defenses and rapid recovery for this critical service. 

Cohesity customers will also soon benefit from another breakthrough innovation, NetBackup, DirectIO. NetBackup DirectIO allows the Cohesity Data Cloud platform to be used as a high-performance immutable storage layer for all NetBackup data sources to deliver even faster recovery and up to 53% in direct cost and storage efficiency savings.  

Ensuring Data is Always Recoverable 

The first to introduce cloud-based cyber vaulting with Cohesity FortKnox, the company is now launching a version for on-prem environments. The new FortKnox Self-managed option provides a complete solution enabling customers with data sovereignty requirements to implement an isolated, highly secure virtual air-gapped vault within their own data centers. Fort Knox Self-managed uses advanced obfuscation technologies to ensure the vault location cannot be discovered, even when primary cluster admin credentials are compromised.  

Detecting and Investigating Threats 

Cohesity NetBackup pioneered ultra-fast, hash-based threat scanning for backup data almost two years ago. Cohesity is now boosting the detection capabilities of Cohesity DataProtect with the same technology to deliver customers near-instant search results for indicators of compromise across their data. To help customers detect the latest threats seen in the wild, Cohesity will also incorporate Google Threat Intelligence into Cohesity Data Cloud’s threat scanning capability at no extra cost as part of its Cohesity Enterprise edition.  

Practicing Application Resilience 

Because confident recovery requires practice, Cohesity equips organizations with tools for automating and fine-tuning response and recovery. This includes solutions like Cohesity RecoveryAgent, which is now generally available. A cyber recovery orchestration tool, RecoveryAgent, automates testing, rehearsals, and recovery execution. With embedded malware scanning and agentic AI capabilities, RecoveryAgent makes it easy to organize recovery workflows and forecast recovery timelines with precision. 

Cohesity is expanding its CERT (Cyber Event Response Team) offerings with new cyber resilience consulting services. These new expert-led proactive engagements, such as ransomware resilience assessments and tabletop exercises, assist customers in developing strategies and capabilities that can help increase cyber resilience, minimize downtime, and speed digital transformation. 

Optimizing Data Risk Posture 

As organizations strive to strengthen cyber resilience, many are turning to proactive measures like data security posture management to discover and reduce risks. Cohesity’s integration with Cyera will now seamlessly embed additional data classification and governance capabilities directly into the Cohesity Data Cloud platform. This empowers customers to identify sensitive and regulated data within backups, eliminate redundant or obsolete data, and enforce compliance requirements in near real-time to avoid risks like sensitive data restoration to unauthorized locations.  

“Data sprawl is being driven by increasing cloud and AI adoption. This increases security and compliance risks that call for enterprise-wide visibility of all sensitive data that is critical to delivering cyber resilience,” said Amit Raikar, vice president, Strategic Alliances, Cyera. “Our integration with Cohesity simplifies how organizations manage and protect their data. Together, we’re ensuring sensitive and regulated information remains compliant, secure, and recoverable to help enterprises eliminate the cyber resilience gap optimally.” 

“Many organizations struggle with building true cyber resilience,” said Dante Orsini, chief revenue officer, 11:11 Systems. “Cohesity and 11:11 have built a robust, long-standing partnership focused on delivering unified, AI-enhanced data management and cyber resilience solutions for enterprise clients. Our joint customers are looking for a holistic set of technology solutions and services to close gaps, from protection to optimization and all points in between.” 

Beyond Cyber Resilience 

Cohesity customers can also be ready to unlock business value from their protected data with Cohesity Gaia’s AI-driven knowledge discovery capabilities. Cohesity Gaia is available for both cloud and on-prem environments and features several new enhancements, including a new search interface, sensitive data redaction, multi-language support, and integrations with Slack and Google Agentspace. These capabilities allow global teams to securely gain insights from their protected data, fueling efficiency, innovation, and growth. 

Read more about Cohesity’s latest innovations and tune into the Cohesity Catalyst 1 Data Security Summit, September 17 and 18. The event will feature data security leaders from Capstone Research Corp., US Foods, The Weather Channel, Schwarz IT KG, Bethany Children’s Health Center, Blaine County School District, NVIDIA, Google Cloud’s Mandiant, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, and others sharing their proven strategies for protecting and securing data. Visit https://www.cohesity.com/catalyst1/ after the event for session replays and on-demand content.   

About Cohesity 

Cohesity protects, secures, and provides insights into the world’s data. As the leader in AI-powered data security, Cohesity helps organizations strengthen resilience, accelerate recovery, and reduce IT costs. With Zero Trust security and advanced AI/ML, Cohesity Data Cloud is trusted by customers in more than 140 countries, including 70% of the Global 500. Cohesity is also backed by partners such as NVIDIA, Amazon, Google, IBM, Cisco, and HPE.  

Cohesity is certified as a Great Place to Work in multiple countries. Follow Cohesity on LinkedIn and visit www.cohesity.com to learn more. 

Cohesity Identity Resilience Equips Organizations to Proactively Secure and Recover Identity-based Cyberattacks 

SINGAPORE, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cohesity and Semperis today announced a new product, Cohesity Identity Resilience, powered by Semperis, to defend enterprises’ critical Identity infrastructure, including Microsoft Active Directory assets from cyberattacks. Now available for purchase from Cohesity, the solution is the strongest of its kind in the market, enabling companies to proactively harden defenses, recover rapidly, and conduct comprehensive post-attack forensic investigations. 

Active Directory is the central nervous system of most enterprise IT environments, managing authentication and access to critical systems, applications, and data. Active Directory’s crucial role within IT environments makes it a primary target for cybercriminals. When Active Directory is compromised, attackers can gain unrestricted access to IT resources, often resulting in ransomware infection, data theft, and prolonged business disruption.  

Cohesity Identity Resilience supports Active Directory protection and recovery across hybrid environments. The solution helps users protect and secure on-premises Active Directory and extends these safeguards to Microsoft Entra ID in the cloud. Organizations can protect and recover the source of authority for objects synchronized across their entire Active Directory and Entra ID identity landscape. 

“Identity Security is one of the key battlegrounds of cyberattacks for enterprises and governments. They need solutions that combine prevention, resilience, and recovery without adding complexity to their existing cyber resilience strategy,” said Sanjay Poonen, chief executive officer, Cohesity. “Cohesity Identity Resilience delivers a modern, proven approach that helps organizations protect the foundation of their digital operations, so they can recover quickly from even the most critical attacks on identity infrastructures and remain cyber resilient. We’re excited to partner with Semperis on this effort.” 

Cohesity Identity Resilience builds on Semperis’ proven expertise and technology in Active Directory protection and recovery, delivering automated, malware-free recovery capabilities that minimize downtime and ensure a clean, reliable path back to normal business operations. With Cohesity Identity Resilience, customers benefit from: 

• Proactive Active Directory hardening – Provides the ability to scan on-prem or hybrid Active Directory environments for hundreds of indicators of exposure (IOEs), see risk scores, apply remediation guidance, and identify and prioritize attack paths that bad actors could use to reach critical privileged assets (Tier 0).
• Secure, immutable backups with capability for cyber vaulting – Enables consistent backup and recovery workflows while providing isolation of AD backups.
• Rapid and secure recovery – Restores Active Directory forests after a cyberattack or catastrophic failure, ensuring minimal downtime.
• Specialized identity forensics and incident response capabilities – Cleanses the system of attacker artifacts, ensuring Active Directory is restored to a trusted environment.
• Comprehensive post-breach analysis – Offers comprehensive post-attack forensic support, including rapid assessments within defined incident windows, and validation of Active Directory integrity before restoring production systems.

“Active Directory compromises are devastating because they give attackers so many paths to take advantage of critical systems,” said Mickey Bresman, chief executive officer, Semperis. “By partnering with Cohesity, we’re integrating our industry-leading Active Directory technology with the broadly adopted Cohesity Data Cloud, ensuring the world’s largest global organizations have a trusted, streamlined path to protect against and recover from even the most sophisticated identity-based attacks.”

Cohesity Identity Resilience builds on the partnership between Cohesity and Semperis that began in 2024.

“Active Directory compromises often turn into prolonged business disruptions that are costly and difficult to contain,” said Scott Harrison, director, Hybrid Infrastructure Solutions, CDW. “With Cohesity Identity Resilience, powered by Semperis, we see a solution that directly addresses this gap—helping enterprises strengthen defenses, recover quickly, and maintain confidence in their core identity systems. It’s the kind of capability our customers have been asking for, and it represents an important step forward in building true cyber resilience.” 

More information about Cohesity Identify Resilience can be found here.  

Try the following free tools to test identity security posture: 

• Attack path analysis tool: Discover risky attack paths to Tier 0 assets.
• Identity security assessment: Identify security vulnerabilities across identity infrastructure.

About Cohesity 

Cohesity protects, secures, and provides insights into the world’s data. As the leader in AI-powered data security, Cohesity helps organizations strengthen resilience, accelerate recovery, and reduce IT costs. With Zero Trust security and advanced AI/ML, Cohesity Data Cloud is trusted by customers in more than 140 countries, including 70% of the Global 500. Cohesity is also backed by partners such as NVIDIA, Amazon, Google, IBM, Cisco, and HPE.  

Cohesity is certified as a Great Place to Work in multiple countries. Follow Cohesity on LinkedIn and visit www.cohesity.com to learn more. 

About Semperis  

Semperis protects critical enterprise identity services for security teams charged with defending hybrid and multi-cloud environments from cyberattacks, data breaches, and operational errors. Purpose-built for securing hybrid identity environments—including Active Directory, Entra ID, and Okta—Semperis’ AI-powered technology protects over 100 million identities from cyberattacks, data breaches, and operational errors. 

As part of its mission to be a force for good, Semperis offers a variety of cyber community resources, including the award-winning Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) Conference, HIP Podcast, and free identity security tools Purple Knight and Forest Druid. Semperis is a privately owned, international company headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, supporting the world’s biggest brands and government agencies, with customers in more than 40 countries.  

Learn more: https://www.semperis.com 

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YANTAI, China, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — RemeGen (688331.SH/09995.HK) announced that the 48-week open-label extension (OLE) data from China Phase III clinical study of telitacicept (RC18, brand name: 泰爱®, a BLyS/APRIL dual-target fusion protein innovative drug independently developed by RemeGen) for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) was selected as an oral presentation at the 2025 American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held from October 29 to November 1, 2025, local time, at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square in California, USA.

Oral Presentation Details

Presentation Title: Efficacy and Safety of Telitacicept in Patients with Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: Results from a Phase 3 Study
Session: MGFA. This session, invited by the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee (MSAC), features clinical and scientific experts sharing current and future peer-reviewed research findings on myasthenia gravis (MG).
Presentation Time: October 29, 2025, at 10:50 AM Pacific Standard Time (October 30, 1:50 AM Beijing Time).

Previously, at the 2025 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting held in March this year, RemeGen presented the 24-week data from the Phase III study of telitacicept for myasthenia gravis. The results showed that 98.1% of patients achieved an improvement of ≥3 points in the Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) score, and 87% of patients achieved an improvement of ≥5 points in the Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis (QMG) score. Among drugs that have completed Phase III clinical studies for generalized myasthenia gravis, telitacicept has demonstrated highest MG-ADL response rate. The complete 48-week data to be presented at the AANEM Annual Meeting should further highlight telitacicept’s potential to become a best-in-class therapy in the field of myasthenia gravis.

In June 2025, RemeGen out-licensed telitacicept to Vor Bio (Nasdaq: VOR) and Vor Bio is actively advancing the global multicenter Phase III clinical trial of telitacicept for generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), with patient recruitment progressing smoothly in the United States, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region.

About Telitacicept

Telitacicept is the world’s first and first-in-class injectable recombinant B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS)/A proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) dual-target fusion protein developed by RemeGen. It simultaneously inhibits the binding of BLyS and APRIL cytokines to their receptors on B cells, preventing abnormal differentiation and maturation of B cells, thereby treating autoimmune diseases. Telitacicept has been approved in China for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG).

About Vor Bio

Vor Bio is a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to the treatment of autoimmune diseases. The company focuses on rapidly advancing the Phase III clinical development and commercialization of the novel dual-target fusion protein telitacicept to meet the needs of patients with autoimmune diseases worldwide. For more information, please visit www.vorbio.com.

About Generalized Myasthenia Gravis (gMG)

gMG is a rare, chronic autoimmune disorder that disrupts communication between nerves and muscles, leading to muscle weakness that can affect mobility, vision, swallowing, and breathing. The disease is antibody-mediated, primarily by autoantibodies against the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) or muscle-specific kinase (MuSK), which interfere with neuromuscular transmission. Despite various treatment options, many patients continue to suffer from refractory symptoms or significant side effects. There is a significant unmet clinical need for new therapies that offer long-lasting efficacy, safety, and convenience. Currently, there are approximately 90,000 gMG patients in the US, 140,000 in Europe, and 29,000 in Japan.