Hong Kong government to develop rare disease centre

Professor Chung-mau Lo, Secretary for Health, has said that Hong Kong is developing a rare disease centre in collaborati...

July 30, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong researchers suggest novel treatment approaches for glaucoma

Dr Samantha SHAN, Research Assistant Professor of the School of Optometry of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU...

July 27, 2024 | Saturday | News
China's BeiGene opens new clinical R&D and biologics manufacturing facility in US

BeiGene, a China-based oncology company, has announced the opening of its flagship US facility in Hopewell, New Jersey, ...

July 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
China-based startup Triastek to advance 3D printed oral RNA therapeutics in $1.2 B deal with BioNTech

Triastek Inc., a global leader in 3D printing pharmaceuticals, has entered into a research collaboration and platform te...

July 23, 2024 | Tuesday | News
China-Swiss collaboration to push forward ethical use of AI technology in healthcare

QingSong Health, a leading health technology platform based in China, has announced a strategic partnership with Globeth...

July 22, 2024 | Monday | News
China-based startup Rona Therapeutics raises $35 M to advance metabolic siRNA pipeline

China-based startup Rona Therapeutics, a clinical stage pioneering platform company in nucleic acid drug research and de...

July 19, 2024 | Friday | News
Merck expands production capabilities for cell culture media with €6.6 M investment at Nantong site

Merck has announced the start of commercial production of its first GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) compliant manufac...

July 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Sanyou Bio and BioGeometry join forces to create next-generation antibody drug discovery platform

BioGeometry and Sanyou Bio have jointly announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement. China-based startup ...

July 15, 2024 | Monday | News
Hong Kong approves Eisai's Leqembi for treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

Eisai Co. and Biogen Inc. have announced that the Department of Health in Hong Kong has approved humanised anti-soluble ...

July 11, 2024 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong identifies novel gut microbiome biomarkers to facilitate diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)'s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has conducted a large cohort study among ...

July 12, 2024 | Friday | News
Ascentage Pharma receives commercialisation approval for oncology drug in Macau China

Ascentage Pharma has announced that its novel BCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), olverembatinib, has been ap...

July 8, 2024 | Monday | News
China-based HiRO acquires CRO DeltaMed Solutions to expand cross-border operations in US

China-based Harvest Integrated Research Organization (HiRO), a full-service, boutique global contract research organisat...

July 3, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Chinese startup Hasten Biopharma buys 14 products from Korean firm Celltrion

China-based startup Hasten Biopharmaceutical has successfully acquired the asset rights of 14 branded products across Pa...

July 2, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Porton Advanced introduces MaxCyte ExPERT GTx Flow Electroporation instrument for cell therapy

Porton Advanced, a subsidiary of China headquartered contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Porton P...

June 26, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong develops innovative mRNA drug for treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a cancer type strongly associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. The Chinese...

June 21, 2024 | Friday | News
Chinese biotech firm MGI Tech partners with French startup SeqOne for advanced genomic analysis

China-based biotech company MGI Tech Co. has partnered with France-based startup SeqOne, a leading provider of AI-powere...

June 18, 2024 | Tuesday | News
AbbVie inks deal worth $1.56 B with China's FutureGen to develop IBD therapy

US-based firm AbbVie and FutureGen Biopharmaceutical (Beijing) have announced a license agreement to develop FG-M701, a ...

June 17, 2024 | Monday | News
French firm Ethypharm expands Mesalazine portfolio in China for IBD treatment

France-headquartered Ethypharm has announced the acquisition of a suppository form of Mesalazine by its Chinese affiliat...

June 14, 2024 | Friday | News
Peking University & Boehringer Ingelheim establish joint lab of human medicine in China

The signing ceremony for the Peking University Health Science Center (PKUHSC)-Boehringer Ingelheim Joint Laboratory of H...

June 13, 2024 | Thursday | News
CPHI & PMEC China 2024 returns to Shanghai with unprecedented global participation amid soaring pharma demand

CPHI & PMEC China (June 19-21st) returns to the Shanghai New International Expo Center amid soaring demand across th...

June 12, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong to integrate sports technology with biomechanics to enhance swimmers' performance

A team led by Dr Billy SO, core member of the Research Institute for Sports Science and Technology (RISports) and A...

June 11, 2024 | Tuesday | News
US-China collaboration to deliver multiplexed solutions for mRNA vaccine and cell & gene therapy

US-based InDevR, Inc., a leading provider of analytical tools for vaccine quality control and testing, has teamed up wit...

June 7, 2024 | Friday | News
China's Alibaba DAMO Academy partners with WHO to advance medical AI

China-headquartered DAMO Academy, Alibaba Group’s research institute, has announced its partnership with the WHO C...

June 6, 2024 | Thursday | News
China-based biotech firm MGI unveils new European headquarters in Berlin

China-headquartered MGI Tech Co. has announced the opening of its new European headquarters in Berlin, Germany ...

June 5, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Scientists in Hong Kong develop 3D-printable bioactive material to treat large-to-massive tendon injuries

A research team led by Professor Elmer Ker, Assistant Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences at The Chinese...

June 4, 2024 | Tuesday | News