Nanosonics appoints ex-Cochlear senior as CEO

Singapore: Australia-based medical device company Nanosonics has appointed Cochlear senior executive Mr Michael Kavanagh...

August 28, 2013 | Wednesday | News
GI Dynamics gets a nod for its novel diabetes treatment

Singapore: GI Dynamics has received full approval from the US FDA to commence a 25-site pivotal clinical trial of EndoB...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Prof Richard Larkins to head Australian Synchrotron

Singapore: Professor Richard Larkins has been appointed as the new director and chair of the Australian Synchrotron Hold...

November 8, 2012 | Thursday | News
Bioxyne to report COPD trial results in June

Singapore: Australian company Bioxyne closed its 320-patient study, which was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safe...

May 29, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Start-ups redefining the industry

Life sciences industry in the Asia Pacific recorded the double digit growth of 16.6 percent, reaching $128.26 billion in...

May 30, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Aussie researchers find protein link to STI susceptibility

Singapore: Australia's Monash Institute of Medical Research scientists have found a protein in the female reproductive t...

March 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Mesoblast receives positive result in RA drug trial

Singapore: Regenerative medicine company Mesoblast has received positive results in a large animal model of rheumatoid a...

July 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Biotron completes clinical stage of HIV trial

Singapore: Australian drug development company Biotron has completed the clinical stage of a landmark phase Ib/IIa proo...

December 14, 2012 | Friday | News
Myriad gene patenting suit ends on a win-win note

In the legal case of Myriad Genetics vs Association for Molecular Pathology, the US Supreme Court's verdict unanimously ...

June 17, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
TranScrip CRO expands in Australia

Singapore: UK-based contract organization TranScrip Partners launched its operations in Australia. TranScrip Partners su...

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Benitec acquires RNAi firm along with hepatitis program

Singapore: Benitec Biopharma announced the acquisition of US-based RNA interference (RNAi) or gene silencing therapeuti...

October 18, 2012 | Thursday | News
Phylogica protein libraries are now 47-fold larger

Singapore: Australia-based Phylogica has successfully completed a major upgrade to its proprietary Phylomer libraries o...

November 23, 2012 | Friday | News
Aussie firm Phebra inaugurates manufacturing unit

Singapore: Sydney-based pharmaceutical company Phebra has inaugurated its $25 million manufacturing facilities at Lane C...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Phospagenics, Nippon Zoki to develop pain drug

Singapore: Australian drug delivery technology company Phosphagenics has extended its collaboration with its high calib...

April 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
DSM Pharma, DecImmune sign antibody deal

Singapore: Australia's DSM Pharmaceutical, the custom manufacturing and technology business of Royal DSM, has signed an ...

April 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Flu vaccine reduces heart attack risk

Singapore: Regular shots of influenza injections have the added benefit of reducing the risk of heart attacks in people ...

August 22, 2013 | Thursday | News
M&A activity slows down in APAC

In 2011, the number of mergers and acquisitions in the life sciences field of Asia Pacific witnessed a fall. An indepen...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Viralytics melanoma study shows +ve results

Singapore: Assistant Professor (Dr) Robert H I Andtbacka presented a summary of his ongoing study with Viralytics' Cavat...

March 25, 2013 | Monday | News