Eisai collaborates with Brazilian agency for vaccines

Singapore: Tokyo-headquartered Eisai has signed a global agreement with Brazil's Fundação Oswaldo Cruz for collabo...

October 31, 2012 | Wednesday | News
One third of world's unimmunized children in India

Singapore: Marking the start of the World Immunization Week, the Hilleman Laboratories, an equal joint-venture partnersh...

April 29, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's first flu vaccine clears phase I trial

Singapore: Influenza vaccine (gH1-Qbeta) developed by Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) a...

January 30, 2014 | Thursday | News
Dr Vijay Datla to get FABA award at BioAsia 2013

Hyderabad: Dr Vijay Kumar Datla, chairman and managing director of Biological E, will be given FABA Special Award 2013 ...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
How well is the industry prepared to fight H7N9 bird flu?

During March 2013, the world woke up to yet another dreaded bird flu attack that infected humans through poultry. Two mo...

May 14, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Major breakthrough in Hep C vaccine development

Singapore: Researchers at the Burnet Institute have solved a hepatitis C vaccine mystery which, once developed, could b...

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Biodiem develops killer for drug-resistant microbes

Singapore: Australian infectious disease therapy and vaccine development company BioDiem is developing an antimicrobial ...

October 18, 2012 | Thursday | News
New drug to halt flu virus mutation

A better flu drug is on its way. This new class of specific, mechanism-based anti-influenza drug works by preventing the...

March 11, 2013 | Monday | News
Medicago, tobacco giant in vaccine deal for China

Singapore: Medicago has granted Philip Morris Products (PMP) an exclusive license to develop, commercialize and manufact...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Takeda to acquire Inviragen for $250 mn

Singapore: Japanese company, Takeda Pharmaceutical is looking to acquire Inviragen for an upfront payment of $35 million...

May 8, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Allied has big plans for its HPV vaccine in 2013

Allied Healthcare Group's investment company, Coridon, which is led by Professor Ian Frazer, is in the process of develo...

January 2, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Bill Gates gives Duke Univ $2.9 mn to make HIV vaccine

Singapore: Duke University has received a grant of up to $2.9 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to pr...

December 11, 2013 | Wednesday | News
MerLion completes phase I of finafloxacin study

Singapore: Following successful first-in-man phase I and two phase IIa clinical studies with the oral formulation of fin...

November 8, 2012 | Thursday | News
David Johnston to lead PPD's lab services

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) has appointed Dr David Johnston as executive vice president of globa...

August 9, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Starpharma gets $5K grant for targeted drug delivery research

Singapore: Australia's Starpharma has secured grant of $548,000 from Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grant. St...

July 11, 2013 | Thursday | News
GSK malaria vaccine to soon become a reality

Singapore: Agenus presented phase III data for GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) RTS,S malaria vaccine candidate, which contains A...

October 9, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Scientists in China develop TB-HIV vaccine

Singapore: Chinese scientists have developed a vaccine that acts simultaneously against HIV-1 and M. tuberculosis (Mtb)....

May 28, 2012 | Monday | News
Sinovac makes progress in EV71 clinical trial

Singapore: Sinovac Biotech, a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, is conducting double-blinded, ran...

June 27, 2012 | Wednesday | News