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Press release

Kos Biotechnology Partners makes a strategic investment in Golden Age Health

Golden Age Health welcomes Kos Biotechnology Partners as an investor, through its fund Kos BioVentures. Alex Tzoukas, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Kos, will join our Board of Directors. The investment supports the expansion of GAH's commercial platform and partner portfolio in Greater China and Asia-Pacific.

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Press release

Tenacia Biopharmaceuticals and Golden Age Health partner to commercialize ZTALMY in mainland China

Golden Age Health (Shanghai) receives exclusive rights to commercialize ZTALMY, the first approved treatment in mainland China for seizures associated with CDKL5 deficiency disorder.

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Press release

Golden Age Health and Innostellar Biotherapeutics Sign Exclusive 10-Year Collaboration to Accelerate LX-101 Gene Therapy for Inherited Retinal Dystrophies due to RPE 65 gene mutation in Mainland China

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Company news

2026

Patient community

Golden Age Health supports the 2026 LHON Patient Summit in Guangzhou

China's annual LHON patient gathering, organized by CORD and the Leber Youth patient community, met in Guangzhou on 6 September with support from Golden Age Health as a non-promotional educational initiative.

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Patient access

100 LHON patients treated with Raxone in seven months in Hainan

On 28 August the 100th patient received Raxone at Ruijin Hainan Hospital. Patients have come from 26 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of China, and from Japan and Myanmar.

Important information: Raxone is not approved in mainland China. Its use is limited to the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone under applicable regulations.

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Company

Leadership delegation visits Jinan, Shandong

Michel Vounatsos, Yossi BenAmram and Chao (Brook) Wu met the Mayor of Jinan and leaders of the Jinan Innovation Zone, Jinan Hi-Tech Holding Group and Qilu Pharmaceutical, joined by partner Innostellar, to build a two-way bridge between global and Chinese innovation.

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Golden Age Health delegation in a meeting with Jinan Innovation Zone officials
Patient access

First international LHON patients treated with Raxone in Hainan

On 14 July two patients from Japan and Myanmar were treated at Ruijin Hainan Hospital, the first international LHON patients treated in the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone.

Important information: Raxone is not approved in mainland China. Its use is limited to the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone under applicable regulations.

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Company

Golden Age Health expands into Taiwan and appoints Jeremy Lin as General Manager

Jeremy Lin brings more than 20 years of leadership at Roche, MSD, Sanofi and Novartis, and will build Golden Age Health Taiwan to expand access to rare disease and specialty therapies.

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Patient access

National Eye Care Day: more than 80 LHON patients treated with Raxone in Hainan

On China's 31st National Eye Care Day, more than 80 patients living with LHON had received Raxone through the early access program of the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone at Ruijin Hainan Hospital.

Important information: Raxone is not approved in mainland China. Its use is limited to the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone under applicable regulations.

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Investors

Welltech Ventures announces its investment in Golden Age Health

Welltech Ventures welcomed Golden Age Health to its portfolio.

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Patient access

More than 50 LHON patients in China have received Raxone

Through the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone's early access policy, more than 50 LHON patients received Raxone by the end of March.

Important information: Raxone is not approved in mainland China. Its use is limited to the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone under applicable regulations.

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A Raxone pack and tablets, next to the entrance sign of Ruijin Hainan Hospital
Partnership

Commercialization agreement for ZTALMY signed with Tenacia

Golden Age Health and Tenacia Biopharmaceuticals signed the commercialization agreement for ZTALMY, the first and only approved treatment for CDKL5 deficiency disorder in mainland China.

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Tenacia and Golden Age Health teams at the signing ceremony
Company

Rare Disease Day 2026

On Rare Disease Day, Golden Age Health stands with the more than 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease.

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Patient access

First six LHON patients in China treated with idebenone

The ophthalmology teams of Shanghai Ruijin Hospital and Ruijin Hainan Hospital treated the first six patients on 17 January, within the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone.

Important information: Raxone is not approved in mainland China. Its use is limited to the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone under applicable regulations.

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Partnership

Innostellar mandates Golden Age Health to find a global partner for LX102

A second collaboration with Innostellar Biotherapeutics: Golden Age Health leads the search for a global strategic partner for LX102, a late-stage gene therapy program in wet age-related macular degeneration.

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Partnership

Partnership with Belief BioMed on gene therapies for hemophilia

Golden Age Health leads the search for a strategic partner to bring Belief BioMed's hemophilia B and hemophilia A gene therapy programs to global markets.

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2025

Team

China team strengthened with leadership additions

Judy Wang leads PR and patient advocacy, Xin Chen joins for operations and market access, and Frank Zhang joins the medical team.

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Partnership

Strategic partnership with Chiesi signed at the 8th China International Import Expo

Golden Age Health and Chiesi Group signed a partnership in Shanghai to explore compliant patient access pathways for idebenone (Raxone) for LHON through the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone in Hainan.

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Important information: Raxone is not approved in mainland China. Its use is limited to the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone under applicable regulations.

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Signing ceremony between Chiesi and Golden Age Health
Partnership

Memorandum of understanding signed with Mahzi Therapeutics

Golden Age Health will work with Mahzi Therapeutics, a United States gene therapy company focused on rare neurodevelopmental disorders, including on clinical development activities in China.

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Team

Chao (Brook) Wu appointed CEO China

Chao (Brook) Wu, with more than two decades in China's healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, becomes Golden Age Health's Country CEO for China.

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Patient access

Second patient treated with LX101 gene therapy in Hainan

A second patient received Innostellar's LX101 gene therapy for inherited retinal dystrophies in Hainan, with more patients planned in the coming months.

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Partnership

Exclusive 10-year partnership with Innostellar for LX101 in mainland China

Golden Age Health and Innostellar Biotherapeutics signed an exclusive 10-year partnership to develop and commercialize LX101 gene therapy for inherited retinal dystrophies due to RPE65 mutation.

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InnoStellar and Golden Age Health teams at the partnership signing
Team

Three senior professionals join the China team

Jingyan Song (medical marketing), Yanmei Sun and Leling Han join Golden Age Health in China, each with more than 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Golden Age Health leaders with new members of the China team