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
UQ and Vaxxas in Australia win $2 M from US to advance patch-based mRNA COVID-19 vaccine

Australia-based University of Queensland’s (UQ) BASE facility, within the Australian Institute for Bioenginee...

January 14, 2025 | Tuesday | News
TechInvention partners with Ethiopia's Ministry of Health to advance vaccine manufacturing in Africa

In a significant step toward enhancing vaccine self-sufficiency and pandemic preparedness in Africa, TechInvention, an I...

January 6, 2025 | Monday | News
SK bioscience inks KRW 75.5 B deal with Sanofi to develop next-gen pneumococcal conjugate vaccines

South Korea-based SK bioscience and French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi have announced the signing of an expanded agreem...

December 23, 2024 | Monday | News
Building vaccine and therapeutics manufacturing capacity in Asia Pacific

Scientists from Australia's Biomedical Manufacturing Programme are partnering with Thailand and Malaysia to en...

December 20, 2024 | Friday | News
Consortium set to further establish vaccine safety evidence-generation network in Africa

A research consortium is set to further establish a vaccine safety evidence-generation network in Africa, seeking to und...

December 17, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Korea's SK bioscience gets approval for global clinical trials of mRNA Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine candidate

South Korea-based SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company, has received approval from the Human R...

December 13, 2024 | Friday | News
Moderna officially opens new vaccine manufacturing facility in Australia

Moderna has officially launched its new vaccine manufacturing facility at Monash University’s Clayton campus in so...

December 10, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong approves Pfizer's 20-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for infants and children

American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer has announced that the Hong Kong Department of Health (DoH) has approved the company...

December 3, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Sanofi introduces 'Modulus', world’s first modular manufacturing facility in Singapore

Sanofi announced the inauguration of its state-of-theart manufacturing facility, Modulus, in Singapore, on 27 Nov, marki...

November 27, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Korea-Africa partnership for advancing vaccine end-to-end capabilities

The Government of the Republic of Kenya and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in South Korea, have signed a Memo...

November 27, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Sanofi, A*STAR and NSC collaborate to advance Acne Vaccine R&D in Singapore

Sanofi, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and the National Skin Centre Singapore (NSC) establish...

November 22, 2024 | Friday | News
Asia-Pacific Takes the Lead in Vaccine Innovations: Transforming Public Health with Prophylactic and Therapeutic Breakthroughs

Vaccines are the bedrock of public health, providing preventive solutions against infectious diseases while increasingly...

November 25, 2024 | Monday | Analysis
Meiji Seika Pharma invests in ARCALIS to boost production of mRNA vaccines in Japan

Japan-based Meiji Seika Pharma Co. has announced its investment in ARCALIS, Inc. which is a joint venture between Axcele...

November 18, 2024 | Monday | News
Australia's Vaxxas licenses next-gen vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus from NIH

Australia-based Vaxxas, a clinical-stage biotechnology company commercialising a novel high-density microarray patc...

October 29, 2024 | Tuesday | News
SK bioscience's Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine SKYCellflu approved in Indonesia

SK bioscience, a global innovator in vaccines and biotechnology, announced that Indonesia's Food and Drug Agency, BPOM (...

October 23, 2024 | Wednesday | News
CEPI supports advancement of open-access coronavirus vaccines R&D roadmap with $3.2 M funding

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, US will receive $3.2 mill...

October 13, 2024 | Sunday | News
China's CanSino receives over $17 M from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate polio vaccine development

China-based CanSino Biologics Inc. has received an additional financial boost, securing a grant exceeding $17 million to...

October 10, 2024 | Thursday | News
SK bioscience invests $3 M in US-based FinaBio specialising in next-gen conjugate vaccine technology

South Korea-based SK bioscience has signed an agreement to acquire a stake in Fina Biosolutions, a promising R&D bio...

October 8, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Cenra Healthcare to promote Moderna’s mRNA respiratory vaccine portfolio in Taiwan

Moderna, Inc. and Cenra Healthcare, the sales and marketing arm of Cenra Inc., have entered into a joint agreement regar...

October 1, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore HSA approves Abrysvo Vaccine by Pfizer to combat Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved the Pfizer's bivalent vaccine, Abryvso, for active immu...

September 25, 2024 | Wednesday | News
WHO prequalifies first vaccine against mpox

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced MVA-BN vaccine as the first vaccine against mpox to be added to its pr...

September 16, 2024 | Monday | News
Japan approves self-amplifying mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for protection against JN.1 strain

Global biotechnology leader CSL and self amplifying-mRNA pioneer Arcturus Therapeutics have announced that Japan's Minis...

September 13, 2024 | Friday | News
GSK announces launch of Herpes Zoster vaccine Shingrix in Malaysia

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Sdn Bhd (GSK) has announced the launch of its Herpes Zoster vaccine, Shingrix, ...

September 13, 2024 | Friday | News
BIOCHINA 2025: China’s Largest Bio Convention to Host Over 3,000 Biotech Companies

Looking ahead, BIOCHINA 2025 has officially announced its next conference, set for March 13-15, 2025. The 10th edition o...

September 12, 2024 | Thursday | News

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