Singapore uncovers Anti-Phage Defence Mechanisms in Bacteria

Researchers from Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise i...

May 6, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Uni-Bio, Ypsomed to develop diabetes and osteoporosis products

A fully integrated biopharmaceutical company -- Uni-Bio Science Group Limited announced that its wholly-owned ...

May 5, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Tessara Therapeutics raises $2.7 M to develop Mimetic Brain Tissue

Tessara Therapeutics Pty Ltd, a Melbourne-based biotechnology company developing human mimetic tissues, has closed its R...

May 7, 2020 | Thursday | News
Tessa Therapeutics announces new executive leadership

Singapore based Tessa Therapeutics (Tessa), a clinical-stage cell therapy company developing next-generation cancer trea...

May 5, 2020 | Tuesday | News
US to test BCG vaccine against COVID-19

Texas A&M University researchers are asking hundreds of frontline medical workers to participate in a late-stage, ph...

May 5, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Bixink to bring new breast cancer drug to Korea

US based Puma Biotechnology, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, and Bixink Therapeutics, a new South Korean company work...

May 5, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Atreca, BeiGene, IGM Biosciences to develop novel antibody treatment for COVID-19

US based companies Atreca, Inc., and IGM Biosciences, Inc.along with Chinese firm BeiGene, Ltd. have announced thei...

May 4, 2020 | Monday | News
Vaccitech, Oxford University tie up with AstraZeneca for COVID-19 vaccine

Vaccitech Ltd and the University of Oxford have announce an agreement with the UK-based global biopharmaceutical company...

May 1, 2020 | Friday | News
Bayer, OrigiMed to develop novel cancer therapy

Bayer and OrigiMed (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. have announced a strategic collaboration for the development and commercializati...

May 1, 2020 | Friday | News
Biolidics launches rapid test kit for COVID-19

A rapid test kit for COVID-19 launched by former National University of Singapore (NUS) startup company, medtech firm Bi...

May 1, 2020 | Friday | News
Harvard, Astellas establish strategic research alliance

Harvard University and Japanese firm Astellas Pharma Inc. have established a three-year strategic research alliance to s...

May 1, 2020 | Friday | News
Japan observes cross protection from COVID-19 by JEV

A significant discrepancy in mortality among even geographically close regions could be explained by a cross protection ...

April 30, 2020 | Thursday | News
HKBU unveils COVID-19 transmission patterns

New research led by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) computer scientists has used a data-driven modelling a...

April 29, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Vela Diagnostics Receives BARDA Funding to Develop COVID-19 Tests

Vela Diagnostics has been awarded a $225,000 contract by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BAR...

April 29, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Vela Diagnostics receives CE mark for COVID-19 test

Singapore headquartered Vela Diagnostics announced that the manual version of the ViroKey™ SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Test ...

April 30, 2020 | Thursday | News
SmartLabs launches global accelerator in Taiwan

Boston-based Laboratory-as-a-Service (LaaS) leader, SmartLabs, has announced the establishment of the Global Launch Prog...

April 28, 2020 | Tuesday | News
TWB takes 2019 stock and introduces new entrants to the consortium

TWB presents its 2019 activity report as well as the new entrants within the consortium which today has 52 members (star...

April 27, 2020 | Monday | News
Australia boosts COVID-19 response with additional $3M

The Australian Government will provide a further $3 million to support frontline health workers with training and inform...

April 28, 2020 | Tuesday | News
MiRXES to distribute A*STAR's SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test

MiRXES, a homegrown Singapore-based biotech, has received Provisional Authorisation from the Health Sciences Author...

April 28, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore designs AI platform to combat infectious diseases

As the COVID-19 crisis continues to develop, researchers around the world are attempting to find the most effective trea...

April 27, 2020 | Monday | News
Scientists identify key nasal cells believed to attract Coronavirus

Two specific nose cell types have been identified as likely initial infection points for COVID-19 coronavirus. Scientist...

April 24, 2020 | Friday | News
MIT works towards reducing lung damage in COVID-19 patients

One of the defining features of Covid-19 is the excessive immune response that can occur in severe cases. This burst of ...

April 28, 2020 | Tuesday | News
dnature secures funding to develop COVID-19 test

The Health Research Council in New Zealand has announced that dnature diagnostics & research company is the recipien...

April 23, 2020 | Thursday | News
Seegene receives FDA EUA for Allplex 2019-nCoV assay

South Korean firm Seegene, Inc. has announced that U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Emergency Use Authori...

April 23, 2020 | Thursday | News
Agilex Biolabs appoints Patrick Hughes as Immunobiology R&D Manager

Award-winning Australian bioanalytical laboratory Agilex Biolabs announced on 22 April 2020 that it has appointed PhD an...

April 22, 2020 | Wednesday | News