AbbVie aquires API manufacturing firm in Singapore

Singapore: AbbVie, a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott, h...

November 25, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Test to detect bird flu mutants

Singapore: Australian scientists have developed a new test that can detect bird flu mutation by distinguishing between b...

November 3, 2014 | Monday | News
Ebola vaccine trial update

Singapore: WHO, in consultation with over 70 experts, is assessing the status of two Ebola vaccine candidates for their ...

October 3, 2014 | Friday | News
Roche to acquire Santaris Pharma for $450 mn

Singapore: Global biopharmaceutical firm, Roche, is all set to acquire Santaris Pharma, a Denmark based biopharmaceutica...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Beike awaits CFDA nod for stem cell application

Singapore: China-based Beike Biotechnology has recieved Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) nod for filing the a...

July 14, 2014 | Monday | Regulatory
Danish firm, Aussie instiute to co-develop pathological drugs

Singapore: Danish firm, Mirrx Therapeutics and Australia's Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology has f...

November 8, 2013 | Friday | News
WHO sets timeline for ebola vaccine

Singapore: From September 29-30, 2014, WHO organized an expert consultation to assess the groundwork of ebola vaccine de...

October 3, 2014 | Friday | News
BI to enhance investment in Austria

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim plans to establish a new large-scale biopharmaceutical production facility for active in...

December 28, 2015 | Monday | News
China Cord Blood gets US accredition

Singapore: Guangdong subsidiary of China Cord Blood Corporation, a provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing...

November 2, 2015 | Monday | News
Asthma therapy market to touch $23.1 bn by 2023

Singapore: Asthma treatment market value will grow from approximately USD15.9 billion in 2013, across eight major countr...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | Analysis
Nanodiamonds can be an effective cancer drug carrier

Singapore: A study led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that attaching chemotherapy drug Epirubic...

January 30, 2015 | Friday | News
India firm launches biosimilar for autoimmune disease

Singapore: India-based Zydus Cadila has launched the biosimilar of Adalimumab, indicated for the treatment of auto immun...

December 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
China Biologic to manufacture PCC at Shandong Taibang facility

Singapore: China Biologic Products, China-based biopharmaceutical company, has received China Food and Drug Administrati...

October 20, 2014 | Monday | Regulatory
NIH discovers new animal model for MERS testing

Singapore: Researchers at the National Institute of Health (NIH) have found that immune responses instigated by MERS inf...

August 27, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Sanofi and Boehringer to manufacture biologics

Singapore: Under the terms of the agreement, Sanofi will have access to Boehringer Ingelheim's capabilities in Biberach ...

January 19, 2015 | Monday | News
Singapore invests in microbial detection technology firm

Singapore: Singapore Economic Development Board has invested in Rapid Micro Biosystems, a provider of automated, non-des...

September 2, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Study: Telomerase causes inflammation in cancer

Singapore: A*STAR scientists have identified the enzyme, telomerase, as a cause of chronic inflammation in human cancers...

November 22, 2012 | Thursday | News
Genentech injects $285 mn in biologics manufacturing

Singapore: Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, plans to invest more than USD285 million for the expansion of its bio...

October 14, 2013 | Monday | News