Iktos And Servier Enter Strategic AI Led Drug Discovery Collaboration Valued At Over €1 Billion

Iktos, a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics applied to drug discovery, announced a landmark multi-targe...

January 8, 2026 | Thursday | News
Australia injects $10.1 M to back next-generation of medical researchers

The Australian government is investing $10.1 million to support the next generation of health and medical researche...

January 9, 2026 | Friday | News
Pandorum Technologies and Nucelion Therapeutics focus on treating ocular diseases in APAC region

Pandorum Technologies, a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company building a next-generation platform for programmab...

January 6, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Korea opens door to B cell-based personalised cancer vaccines​

Researchers from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIS...

January 5, 2026 | Monday | News
Hong Kong develops mucus-inspired hydrogel to boost gastrointestinal wound healing

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed an acid-resistant “ultra-stable mucus-inspired hydrogel...

December 23, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Scientists in Korea to create mRNA vaccine against emerging tick-borne virus in Asia

Leading scientific organisations in Korea including the Korea Disease Control Agency (KDCA), International Vaccine Insti...

December 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Australia studies 3D printed blood vessels to unravel secrets of strokes

3D printed blood vessels on glass that mimic blood vessel anatomy and the fluid dynamics of blood flow could be an inval...

November 25, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Vaxcellbio signs MoU with Seoul National University for macular degeneration treatment

Vaxcellbio, a South Korea-based immuno-oncology company, has entered into a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...

November 14, 2025 | Friday | News
Kaigene partners with Celltrion for novel antibody therapeutics in autoimmune diseases for $736 M

Kaigene Inc., a US-based biotechnology startup pioneering next-generation antibody therapeutics for autoimmune disorders...

November 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore builds detailed map of developing human brain, opening new pathways for Parkinson’s treatment

Parkinson’s disease is Singapore’s second most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting about three in e...

November 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
Fujifilm launches Joint Research with National Cancer Center in Japan

Fujifilm Corporation has signed a joint research agreement with the National Cancer Center Japan, a Tokyo-based national...

November 7, 2025 | Friday | News
Roche inks nearly $1 B deal with China's Qyuns Therapeutics for respiratory disease treatment

China's Qyuns Therapeutics has entered into a global exclusive collaboration and license agreement with F. Hoffmann-La R...

November 3, 2025 | Monday | News
Australia's Myrio Therapeutics teams up with University of Pennsylvania and NYU to advance solid tumour immunotherapy

Australia-based Myrio Therapeutics has announced a collaborative research partnership with the University of Pennsylvani...

October 31, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan's Takeda forms $11.4 B global oncology partnership with Innovent Biologics

China's Innovent Biologics has announced a strategic global collaboration with Japanese pharmaceutical firm Takeda to ad...

October 23, 2025 | Thursday | News
Siemens Healthineers and NUH to advance non-invasive Liver Disease Diagnostics in Singapore

Siemens Healthineers and the National University Hospital (NUH) Singapore have announced a strategic research collaborat...

October 6, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore researchers develop novel Nanovaccine to halt tumour growth and reduces cancer recurrence

Professor Shawn Chen Xiaoyuan, Nasrat Muzayyin Professor in Medicine and Technology from the Department of Dia...

September 24, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Asia-Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) and QIAGEN convene gastrointestinal experts to discuss rapid molecular diagnostics

A Gastrointestinal (GI) consensus meeting in Malaysia brought together leading gastroenterology experts from across the ...

September 22, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore's A*STAR BTI spinoff AuctuCel launches AI platform to slash cell medicine production costs by 80%

AuctuCel, a biotech spin-off from Singapore's A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), has officially launched w...

September 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
The Discovery & Development Summit Asia 2025: Advancing Therapeutics and Precision Medicine Through Collaboration and Innovation

Global Engage presented 'The Discovery & Development Summit Asia 2025' a premier breakthrough event in Singapore on ...

September 10, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore researchers develop RNA tool to advance cancer and infectious disease therapies

Researchers at the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) interdisciplinary research group of the Singapore-MIT A...

September 3, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong offers apparel-based anthropometric method to precisely measure tissue deformation

Soft tissue deformation during body movement has long posed a challenge to achieving optimal garment fit and comfort, pa...

September 3, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Unlocking the Undruggable with Targeted Protein Degradation

Targeted protein degraders (TPD) are rapidly moving from niche science to mainstream drug development, with few therapie...

September 1, 2025 | Monday | Analysis
Researchers in Hong Kong unravel key viral enzyme's mechanism targeting mosquito-borne viruses

Developing effective antiviral drugs against mosquito-borne viruses like dengue and Zika requires understanding the func...

August 27, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Scientists in Australia grow living skin in world-first

Australia's University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have been the first in the world to successfully grow fully functi...

August 25, 2025 | Monday | News
Asia Bio Innovation Summit (ADC&CGT) unveils in Singapore to spotlight Biopharma Innovations

The Asia Bio Innovation Summit 2025, held in Singapore, emerged as a landmark event in the biopharmaceutical industry, f...

August 22, 2025 | Friday | News
Skyhawk Therapeutics inks $2 B deal with Merck to discover novel RNA-targeting small molecules for neurological disorders

US-based startup Skyhawk Therapeutics, Inc., a leader in the discovery and development of small molecules that modulate ...

August 18, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's GC Biopharma signs MoU with Thai Red Cross Society to strengthen collaboration on plasma-derived therapies

GC Biopharma, a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Thai Red...

August 18, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore's Duke-NUS secures $1.5 M from 65LAB for antifibrotic drug discovery

Singapore's 65LAB has awarded US$1.5 million (approx. S$1.9 million) to Professor Enrico Petretto to advance a breakthro...

August 13, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore reinforces commitment to eliminating hepatitis C by establishing TTSH-HCSA joint initiative

In celebration of the World Hepatitis Day (28 July), HCSA Community Services and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), an ancho...

July 28, 2025 | Monday | News
Life Biosciences announces collaboration in Singapore to expand pipeline of cellular rejuvenation therapies

Life Biosciences, a US-based biotechnology company pioneering cellular rejuvenation therapies to reverse and prevent mul...

July 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
Alloy Therapeutics and Kansai Startup Academia Coalition accelerate global growth of Japanese life science startups

Alloy Therapeutics Co. has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kansai Startup Academia...

July 23, 2025 | Wednesday | News
GARDP partners with Institute of Science Tokyo to focus on drug resistant infections

The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) and Institute of Science Tokyo, in Japan, have sign...

July 22, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea-Israel partnership to commercialise injectable treatment for focal fat reduction

365mc, South Korea's leading medical institution specialising in fat reduction treatments, and Israel-based Ra...

July 16, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korean startup Illimis Therapeutics raises $42 M to accelerate CNS and immune disease drug development

South Korea-based startup Illimis Therapeutics has announced the closing of 58 billion KRW ($42 million) Series B financ...

July 15, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Abu Dhabi plans to advance gene therapies for children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1

The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate, ...

July 7, 2025 | Monday | News
Swiss-Singapore partnership to develop therapies for autoimmune diseases

RDP Pharma AG, a Swiss biotechnology company focused on next-generation protein degradation therapeutics, and the Experi...

July 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
World’s first full-length single-molecule protein sequencer gets boost to accelerate drug development

Portal Biotech, a pioneering biotechnology company headquartered in London, has secured $35 million in Series A funding,...

July 1, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Sprint Bioscience and EDDC collaborate to evaluate MASH programme therapeutic compounds

Swedish biotech firm Sprint Bioscience has entered a research collaboration with the Experimental Drug Development Cen...

June 19, 2025 | Thursday | News
Singapore study uncovers key blood proteins which predict future dementia and cognitive deterioration

Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine)'s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine have found proteins ...

June 17, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore designs new biomaterial to show how ageing in heart could be reversed

A new lab-grown material has revealed that some of the effects of ageing in the heart may be slowed and even reversed. T...

June 16, 2025 | Monday | News
World's first HLA-G targeted exosome therapy for cancer by Taiwan enters US clinical trials

A research team led by Dr Der-Yang Cho, Superintendent of China Medical University Hospital (Taiwan), in collaboration w...

June 9, 2025 | Monday | News
Japan transforms engineered heart tissues for precise drug testing

A research team led by Associate Professor Yoshinori Yoshida and Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Yuya ...

June 7, 2025 | Saturday | News
Fujirebio strategically collaborates with Stanford Medicine to advance infectious disease research

Fujirebio, a leading innovator in in-vitro diagnostics, has announced a collaboration with Stanford Medicine, ...

June 5, 2025 | Thursday | News
Kidney Konnect: Advancing Nephrology Through Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing

In an era where precision health tech approaches are transforming clinical practice, nephrology has evolved at an unprec...

August 18, 2025 | Monday | News
Japan's Fujifilm rebrands Life Sciences companies to represent board spectrum portfolio

Japan-headquartered Fujifilm Corporation's Life Sciences Group companies, a portfolio of businesses offering products, s...

June 3, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's EDDC receives US FDA Fast Track Designation for Antibody-Drug Conjugate

The Experimental Drug Development Centre (EDDC), Singapore’s national platform for drug discovery and development,...

May 28, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Taxis Pharma receives $2.9 M NIH grant to develop therapeutic against antibiotic-resistant Gonorrhea

Taxis Pharmaceuticals, a US-based clinical stage company at the forefront of developing therapies to treat multidrug-res...

May 28, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan hosts international symposium to explore potentials of therapeutic biomolecules

Taiwan’s National Biotechnology Research Park (NBRP) hosted the 2025 Antibody Therapeutic & Frontiers in Biome...

May 27, 2025 | Tuesday | News
China approves world's first XellSmart's Allogeneic iPSC-derived Regenerative Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury

XellSmart Biopharmaceutical (Suzhou/Shanghai) Co., Ltd. announced that the National Medical Product Administration (NM...

May 26, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore developed a first-of-its-kind device to profile the immune function of newborns

Researchers from the Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) and Antimicrobial ...

May 26, 2025 | Monday | News
Alloy Therapeutics enters Japanese market by establishing operations at Shonan Health Innovation Park

Alloy Therapeutics Inc., a US-based biotechnology ecosystem company, has recently opened its first location in Japa...

May 23, 2025 | Friday | News
Korean startup Rznomics partners with Eli Lilly to commercialise RNA-editing therapeutics

Rznomics Inc., a South Korea-based biopharmaceutical startup specialising in RNA-based therapeutics, has entered in...

May 16, 2025 | Friday | News
Targeting inflammation at the source: VX-01 aims to redefine NPDR treatment with first oral therapy

Patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) currently face a therapeutic gap—one that often leaves...

May 16, 2025 | Friday | News
Agilent partners with Ubix Therapeutics to advance transformative cancer research in South Korea

Agilent Technologies Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ubix Therapeutics to accelerate highly tar...

May 15, 2025 | Thursday | News
Scientists in Korea develop retinal therapy to restore lost vision​

Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have successfully developed a novel ...

May 5, 2025 | Monday | News
US-Singapore collaboration to promote R&D activities on Digital Therapeutics

The Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, in the US, will work with the National University of Singapo...

May 2, 2025 | Friday | News
Australia injects $238 M to host national push for next-gen therapy manufacturing

The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia will host a $238 million industry-led research centre to accelerate indus...

April 28, 2025 | Monday | News
UK-Singapore collaborates for advancement of gut-skin microbiome science securing $1.8M grant

Sequential Skin Ltd, a world leader in skin microbiome testing, and AMILI, a leading expert in gut microbiome science, h...

April 28, 2025 | Monday | News
Abu Dhabi establishes collaborative framework to shape future of healthcare with precision medicine

The Department of Health - Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate, in partnership with P...

April 21, 2025 | Monday | News
Astellas Pharma's monoclonal antibody treatment approved in Singapore for Gastric and GEJ cancer

Singapore HSA has approved, Astellas Pharma Inc. VYLOY™ (zolbetuximab), an anti-claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2) monoclonal...

April 13, 2025 | Sunday | News
Taiwan's ACRO Biomedical gains regulatory approval for regenerative medicine to treat corneal tissues

ACRO Biomedical Co. has announced that its ABCcolla Collagen Ophthalmic Matrix has received regulatory ap...

April 14, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore's Lucence launches the first-ever alternative, early-detection lung cancer test in Hong Kong

Lucence, a Singaporean precision oncology company, and Hong Kong Precision Oncology Society (HKPOS) are embarking i...

April 10, 2025 | Thursday | News
Scientists assemble world's first immune cell atlas from diverse Asian populations

Researchers from the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS), together with collaborators from South Korea, Ja...

April 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Strengthening SEA regional cooperation to tackle Multiple Myeloma (MM) through early diagnosis and treatment

Sarthak Ranade, Area Managing Director, Southeast Asia & India, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine ...

April 29, 2025 | Tuesday | Opinion
Singapore develops microneedle technology to accelerate diabetic wound healing

Diabetic wounds often lead to severe complications that can result in amputations. These chronic and non-healing wounds ...

March 26, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Australia lays focus on nanotechnology to improve odds in treating aggressive breast cancers

University of Queensland researchers are designing nanotechnology they believe could improve how we treat the most aggre...

March 25, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Asia-Pacific's Nanomedicine Potential: Achieving optimum conquest over therapeutic bioavailability

Dr. Shaun Lim Wen Zheng, the Field Application Scientist (APAC) at Cytiva (Left); Krishna Karnati, the General...

March 21, 2025 | Friday | Opinion
Future of Regenerative Medicine: Strengthening Innovation Through Public-Private Partnerships

The regenerative medicine industry is expanding at an undeniably rapid clip. Advances in cell and gene technologies, tis...

March 18, 2025 | Tuesday | Opinion
Study in Singapore links poor sleep health to increased Type 2 diabetes risk in women

Underscoring the critical role of sleep in diabetes prevention, investigators from the Global Centre for Asian Women&rsq...

March 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea designs advanced AI model for accelerating therapeutic gene target discovery

Identifying therapeutic gene targets is essential for advancing personalised medicine and addressing the genetic basis o...

March 7, 2025 | Friday | News
Indaptus Therapeutics extends patent portfolio in China, Japan, and Israel

US-based biotech firm Indaptus Therapeutics, Inc. has secured new patent approvals in China, Japan and Israel for its De...

March 7, 2025 | Friday | News
Callio Therapeutics launches with $187 M Series A round to advance multi-payload ADC platform

Callio Therapeutics, a Singapore and US-based biotechnology startup focused on realising the promise of multi-payload an...

March 4, 2025 | Tuesday | News
World-first experimental cancer treatment paves way for clinical trial in Australia

A peer-reviewed paper detailing the experimental cancer treatment developed by Professor Georgina Long AO, Universi...

March 4, 2025 | Tuesday | News
“Biotech sector in Taiwan moves fast, making it easier to pivot and innovate”

Which products are currently under development? 2025 will be a defining year for Caliway as we push ahead with key clin...

March 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Eisai grants exclusive development and distribution rights for Tasurgratinib in Greater China to SciClone Pharma

Japan-headquartered pharmaceutical firm Eisai has entered into an exclusive license agreement with a subsidiary of SciCl...

February 28, 2025 | Friday | News
HBM Alpha Therapeutics inks deal worth $395 M to advance novel endocrine therapies

US-based startup HBM Alpha Therapeutics (HBMAT), Inc., an innovative biotechnology company incubated by China-based Harb...

February 26, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Israel-based CollPlant expands distribution for VergenixSTR in Europe and Asia

Israel-based CollPlant Biotechnologies, a regenerative and aesthetics medicine company developing innovative technologie...

February 25, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Scientists in Singapore open door to new medicines for drug discovery applications

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have pioneered a new catalytic transformation that converts ...

February 24, 2025 | Monday | News
Andelyn Biosciences Strengthens Gene Therapy Innovation with Expanded AAV Curator™ Platform

 Andelyn Biosciences, Inc., a leading and patient-focused cell and gene therapy Contract Development and Manufactur...

February 21, 2025 | Friday | News
Researchers in Singapore pioneer ground-breaking technique to deliver drugs directly to brain

Scientists at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have developed a grou...

February 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Sequential and AMILI secure $1.8M UK-Singapore R&D project to advance gut-skin microbiome science

Sequential Skin, a world leader in skin microbiome testing, and AMILI, a leading expert in gut microbiome science, have ...

February 13, 2025 | Thursday | News
New breast cancer therapy to reduce risk of cancer recurrence receives approval in Thailand

A new breast cancer therapy shown to significantly reduce the risk of cancer recurrence and improve disease-free surviva...

February 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Zydus and Synthon to commercialise novel 505(B)(2) oncology product in US market

India-based Zydus Lifesciences (including its subsidiaries and affiliates), has signed an exclusive development, licensi...

February 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore builds 3D scalable ‘gut-on-a-chip’ model to study human intestine

In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have de...

February 10, 2025 | Monday | News
First Australia-New Zealand clinical guidance for people living with multiple sclerosis

The first clinical consensus statement for managing multiple sclerosis (MS) in Australia and New Zealand has been releas...

February 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Korean firm LG to develop AI model for protein multistate structure prediction

LG AI Research recently signed a joint research agreement at the Global Lounge of LG Science Park in Magok, Gangseo-gu,&...

February 9, 2025 | Sunday | News
Singapore-based startup Gene Solutions to introduce smart blood test for lung screening in early 2025

Gene Solutions (GS), a pioneer genomic testing company in South-East Asia, aims to introduce a smart blood test to ...

February 5, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan unveils groundbreaking advancements in AI-driven drug discovery and cancer therapy

By partnering with Kyoto University in Japan, China Medical University (CMU) and Healthcare System in Taiwan has es...

February 5, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Australia announces $20 M funding boost for childhood brain cancer research

The Australian Government is investing close to $20 million in funding for researchers to support groundbreaking nationa...

February 3, 2025 | Monday | News
Chugai and GSK sign collaboration agreement for anti-dengue virus antibody AID351

Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. has signed a collaboration agreement with GSK's Global Health Unit (GSK GH) for&n...

January 31, 2025 | Friday | News
AB2 Bio signs licensing agreement worth $500 M with Nippon Shinyaku for ultra-rare autoimmune disease treatment

AB2 Bio, a biotechnology company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of severe systemic hyperinflammatory ...

January 28, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore pioneers DNA-tagged gold nanoparticles for targeted cancer treatment

A team of researchers from National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel method to enhance the precision ...

January 27, 2025 | Monday | News
Harnessing mRNA technology to tackle unmet medical needs in Asia

Asia is emerging as a hub for biopharmaceuticals and vaccine manufacturing, leveraging its strengths in manufacturing an...

January 21, 2025 | Tuesday | Opinion
Discovering a Breakthrough in Bladder Cancer Treatment landscape

Dr Ravindran Kanesvaran, Chairman and Senior Consultant, Division of Medical Oncology,, National Cancer Centre Singapore...

January 20, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Researchers in New Zealand win $8.3 M grant to prevent influenza

New Zealand-based University of Auckland-led project plans to develop a tool to predict the risk and mitigate the effect...

January 18, 2025 | Saturday | News
Singapore discovers potential for new colorectal cancer treatment

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have made a discov...

January 18, 2025 | Saturday | News
Hong Kong unveils novel therapeutic targets and drug repurposing opportunities for endometriosis

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) used an artificial intelligence (AI...

January 14, 2025 | Tuesday | News
etherna Immunotherapies and Dropshot Therapeutics Partner in $950M Deal to Drive RNA Therapeutic Innovation

etherna immunotherapies NV (“etherna”), a technology platform leader pioneering mRNA and lipid-based nanopar...

January 10, 2025 | Friday | News
Abu Dhabi announces AED 19 M in grants through Healthcare Research and Innovation Fund

The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate, in partnership ...

January 7, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore boosts chemotherapy uptake in breast cancer treatment with localised magnetic fields

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a non-invasive method to improve the effectiven...

January 6, 2025 | Monday | News

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