Hepatitis B infections soar in Tibet

Singapore: In a latest news report, Dr Lhamo Sharpa, a Nepal based Tibetan doctor has sounded a warning about the increa...

June 9, 2014 | Monday | News
Asia vaccine strategists call for collaboration

Asia needs a solution, that goes beyond traditional structure, models and pathways, to meet the essential vaccine supply...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | News
CSIR head: Indian bioscience education disappoints me

In 2002, biotechnology was just in its nascent stage and was considered to be a small industry. However, the success sto...

May 13, 2013 | Monday | Opinion
Sanofi-Merck launches 6-in-1 infant vaccine in Europe

Singapore: A two month old baby from Germany is the first infant in Europe to receive Sanofi Pasteur-MSD's 6-in-1 paedia...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Biological E to supply vaccine to Vacsera of Egypt

Singapore: Biological E has entered into a long term supply agreement with Vacsera (and its subsidiary Egyvac), an Egypt...

July 1, 2013 | Monday | News
WHO affirms that China is polio free

Singapore: The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed China's polio-free status following the country's successf...

December 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Novartis confident in safety and efficacy of its influenza vaccines

Singapore: Novartis has confirmed its confidence in the safety and efficacy of its seasonal influenza vaccines Agrippal ...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Progress achieved in obesity vaccine research

Singapore: Though still some years away from clinical development in humans, a new study conducted at Braasch Biotech, a...

July 12, 2012 | Thursday | News
CSL makes a settlement in Perth vaccine victim case

Singapore: In an ongoing case where Perth-based Ms Saba Button suffered severe disability following a flu vaccine manufa...

June 9, 2014 | Monday | News
Novartis MenB vaccine gets approval in Australia

Singapore: Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved Novartis' Bexsero, a multi-component Meningoco...

August 15, 2013 | Thursday | News
Chickungunya can soon be prevented with a vaccine

Singapore: Australian biotech firm, Themis Bioscience GmbH declared the successful interim results of their prophylactic...

June 13, 2014 | Friday | News
India's H1N1 vaccine demand to grow by 2.1%

Singapore: Business intelligence provider GlobalData estimates that India is expected to exhibit a great surge in H1N1 ...

January 9, 2013 | Wednesday | News
China develops world's first vaccine for enterovirus

Singapore: The world's first vaccine against a strain of enterovirus has now been developed by Chinese researchers. The ...

June 7, 2013 | Friday | News
Encephalitis vaccine to be China's first WHO prequalification

Singapore: The World Health Organization (WHO) is on the verge of approving a Chinese-made vaccine for Japanese encephal...

October 8, 2012 | Monday | News
Dendritic cells behind immune responses discovered

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), in collaboration with Newcastle University, UK, t...

July 17, 2012 | Tuesday | News
NIH gives Altravax $3.45 mn to make AIDS vaccine

Singapore: Altravax has been awarded two research grants worth a total of $3.45 million from the NIH's National Institut...

December 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Aeras, Oxford Uni, Okairos club $2.9 mn on TB, HIV, Malaria vaccine

Singapore: Aeras, a nonprofit biotech advancing TB vaccines for the world, the University of Oxford and Okairos, a bioph...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
BioDiem expands antimicrobial profile

Singapore: Infectious disease therapies developer, BioDiem has expanded its local partnership network by signing an agre...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News