Future of Healthcare in Asia

Healthcare industry is in a period of evolution accelerated by changing demographics and market forces propelled by insu...

May 5, 2014 | Monday | Analysis
Phylogica appoints CEO, CSO, CFO

Singapore: Leading Australian peptide drug discovery company Phylogica appointed Dr Richard Hopkins as the company's new...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
New South Wales govt launches Medical Devices Fund

Singapore: The New South Wales (NSW) Government in Australia has established a Medical Devices Fund under which it will ...

September 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Anteo Diagnostic to enter Korea market

Singapore: Australia based global medical technology company, Anteo Diagnostics, has entered into a non-exclusive distri...

October 20, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Australia's Anteo Diagnostics to acquire Belgium Dx firm

Singapore: Australia based Anteo Diagnostics has decided to acquire DIAsource ImmunoAssays, (DIAsource), a global specia...

August 27, 2015 | Thursday | News
Hatchtech gets patent for head lice cure, DeOvo

Singapore: Australia-based specialty pharmaceutical company, Hatchtech, has been granted a patent by the US Patent and T...

July 25, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Challenge No 5: Talent trouble

Lack of trained and skilled workforce, identifying a market-savvy work force and retaining the right people on key posit...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Funding uncertainty hinders Australian life science

Singapore: A prominent healthcare industry leader sounded the alarm over Australia's system for approving government fun...

October 9, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Sunshine Heart appoints Jon W Salveson to board

Singapore: Sunshine Heart, a medical devices company listed on Nasdaq and ASX, has appointed that Mr Jon W Salveson to t...

March 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Dr Silviu Itescu: Pioneer of adult stem cell therapies

A Quinquagenarian from Australia, Dr Silviu Itescu, is based out of the US and has been traveling tirelessly between New...

March 15, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Asian endoscopy market clocked $264.7 mn in 2012

Singapore: Endoscopy devices market in Australia, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, earned revenues of USD264.7 million i...

December 10, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japanese patent for Imugene drug delivery tech

Singapore: Australian drug delivery technology company, Imugene, has received Japanese patent for its novel drug deliver...

March 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Mesoblast appoints Dr Ben-Zion Weiner as non-executive director

Singapore: Dr Ben-Zion Weiner, special adviser to the CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, has been appointed as a non...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
mHealth apps market to reach $20.7 bn by 2018: Report

Singapore: A recent report by Research and Markets estimates that global mHealth apps market will reach $6.6 billion in ...

October 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Elsevier, ARMS announce winners of Scopus award

Singapore: Elsevier and the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) awarded the winners of the 3rd annual Scopu...

September 24, 2012 | Monday | News
Merck partners with Aussie fertility technology firm

Singapore: Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, lifescience and per...

May 29, 2015 | Friday | News
Australian firm DoseMe raises $500k

Singapore: In a bid to launch overseas and to expand its Australian operations, Brisbane-based personalised medicine sta...

July 16, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Sugar waste can be converted to pharma ingredient

Singapore: Scientists at James Cook University (JCU) in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, used sunlight to convert a de...

December 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Dr Brian McNamee: The force behind CSL

A doctor by training, Dr Brian A McNamee was enjoying himself in various job roles starting out as product manager, a jo...

April 12, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Bionomics files patent application for cancer drug

Singapore: Bionomics, a biopharmaceutical company, has filed a patent application for BNC105 in combination with immune ...

June 16, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Agilent, Queensland univ join hands for cancer research

Singapore: Agilent Technologies plans to collaborate with the University of Queensland Center for Clinical Research in B...

November 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
Australian Cellmid acquires Japanese Advangen

Singapore: Australia-based Cellmid plans to acquire Japanese firm Advangen that owns the FGF-5 inhibitor hair growth tec...

May 9, 2013 | Thursday | News
AusBiotech advocates to ease funding for start-ups

Singapore: Australia life science association, AusBiotech, has proposed to develop an investor incentive model to stimul...

August 4, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Telezon rides on CoreIT technology, drives SoloFlow adoption

Australia-based Telezon Limited's CoreIT and SoloFlow Reconstitution Needle technology have already made a mark for itse...

June 7, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Aussie firm progresses on new therapy for asthma

Singapore: Australian drug development company Invion has partnered with Hovione Scientia, an international pharmaceutic...

July 27, 2015 | Monday | News
Siemens, Universal sign manufacturing agreement

Singapore: Universal Biosensors has strengthened its partnership with Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, by signing a long...

September 24, 2012 | Monday | News
Huntington Disease journal features Prana study

Singapore: Prana Biotechnology announced that the Journal of Huntington's Disease, has in its December 2012 edition, ...

December 14, 2012 | Friday | News
ResMed to acquire China based Curative Medical

Singapore: Australia based ResMed plans to acquire China and US based Curative Medical, provider of non-invasive ventila...

July 31, 2015 | Friday | News
Bionomics identifies Alzheimer's drug candidate

Singapore: Bionomics has identified a novel compound with promising properties as a potential new treatment for Alzheim...

December 14, 2012 | Friday | News
NSW to invest $1.7 mn on a medtech hub in Sydney

Singapore: Australia's New South Wales government has recently announced that it would spend nearly $1.7 million on a me...

March 11, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Medvet Science inks a deal with ACYTE biotech

Singapore: Australia-based Medvet science has licensed a cell line from ACTYE biotech to manufacture its monoclonal canc...

February 18, 2015 | Wednesday | News
AIDS 2014: Slash in fund jolts HIV research

Singapore: Investment in HIV prevention research has declined posing a challenge to the pipeline of HIV prevention produ...

July 21, 2014 | Monday | News
Bayer HealthCare clocks 14.9% rise in APAC Pharma biz

Singapore: Bayer HealthCare has recorded sales hike of 14.9 percent to USD 4171 million (EUR 3016 million) in 2013 for i...

March 25, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Novartis completes divestiture of influenza vaccines business

Singapore: Novartis has announced that it has completed the divestiture of its influenza vaccine unit to CSL Limited. Th...

August 18, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Novartis to sell Themis diclofenac topical gel

Mumbai: Themis Medicare, which is a partner firm of Australian drug delivery technology company Phosphagenics, entered i...

April 16, 2013 | Tuesday | News
World's first kidney stem cells developed in Melbourne

Singapore: Science has made great progress in conjuring up brain or retina cells. However, researchers have not been suc...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: China

Singapore: ʉۢ In a bid to deepen healthcare reforms and improve health infrastructure, China increased in heal...

June 17, 2015 | Wednesday | Influencers
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: Singapore

Singapore:  Singapore's bioscience industry has slowed down Highlights • Singapore collaborated with Korea to ...

June 20, 2015 | Saturday | Analysis
International Clinical trials day Special: Asia's clinical trials landscape

Singapore: Clinical trials were once undertaken largely in the West. However many Asian countries are now emerging as to...

May 20, 2015 | Wednesday | News
AZ inks oncology deal with Australia's Starpharma

Singapore: British drug giant AstraZeneca, has inked $2 million deal with Australian firm Starpharma. The deal gives Ast...

September 14, 2015 | Monday | News
Fonterra studies breast milk components to make similar child nutrition products

New Zealand biggest dairy firm, Fonterra, recently collaborated with International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) to fund...

October 22, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
ResMed acquires China based Curative Medical

Singapore: Australia firm focused on sleep disorder, ResMed, has completed the previously announced acquisition of China...

October 9, 2015 | Friday | News
Biolife to be acquired by Acuvax

Singapore: Australian shareholders are being given the opportunity to buy into a highly promising biotech with a vaccine...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Aussie defence enlists new e-health system

Singapore: If reports are to be believed, Australia's defence force has enlisted a new e-health system. The multi-millio...

September 23, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Pioneer in skin regeneration technology

Elastatherapy is a technology that has the potential to reverse ageing process and enable skin regeneration. The technol...

June 27, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
Starpharma vagina infection gel shows good result

Singapore: Starpharma Holdings announced the positive results of its exploratory phase II study of VivaGel for the preve...

April 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Australia's Akaal Pharma, GVK BIO extend partnership

Singapore: GVK BIO has announced an extended collaboration with the Australia-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical com...

July 5, 2015 | Sunday | News
Dengue can soon be treated!

Singapore: Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia have identified that existing drugs could be repur...

September 11, 2015 | Friday | News
11th Indo-Australian biotech conference to be held soon

Singapore: The registrations are open for the Indo-Australian international conference which will host reputed scientist...

July 2, 2015 | Thursday | News
Anteo Diagnostics inks pact with Sigma Aldrich

Singapore: Australia's Anteo Diagnostics has inked a partnership deal with Sigma-Aldrich, a leading supplier of lifescie...

July 23, 2015 | Thursday | News
Phosphagenics ends acne trial enrolment

Singapore: Phosphagenics has announced that it has completed enrolment for a phase II trial of an acne treatment candida...

April 29, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Aussie firm to begin human trial of cancer detecting antibody

Singapore: Australian immuno-oncology company, Minomic International, is set to launch the first human study of its nove...

October 23, 2015 | Friday | News
BioDiem protozoan drug to get Japanese patent

Singapore: Australian infectious disease therapy and vaccine development company, BioDiem, has received allowance of Jap...

May 27, 2013 | Monday | News
Alzheimer's drug breakthrough by researchers

Singapore: A new drug discovered by researchers' from the University of South Australia and the Third Military Medical U...

April 8, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Painless vaccination unveiled!

Singapore: Though vaccination is considered the most important procedure for healthcare and disease management, it is n...

May 1, 2015 | Friday | Influencers
STA to distribute novel cancer drug in Australia, NZ

Singapore: Australian biopharmaceutical company, Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA),  has partnered with European...

August 21, 2015 | Friday | News
Aussie firm likely to get orphan status for its new drug

Singapore: Australia based Prana Biotechnology has recieved positive opinion from European Medicines Agency's Committee ...

April 28, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Phylogica assess financial, strategic opportunities

Singapore: Phylogica has engaged Griffin Securities, a specialty investment bank located in New York City, to conduct a ...

April 10, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Soon, a single flu shot may offer universal immunity!

Singapore: A single vaccine that immunizes against all types of influenza may soon be a reality, after a team of scienti...

May 19, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Sale of wound care devices spurs in Asia-Pacific: Frost & Sullivan analysis report

Singapore: Advanced wound care and modern wound closure products are gaining an edge over traditional wound dressings in...

September 4, 2013 | Wednesday | News
TGA approves Hospira's biosimilar Inflectra

Singapore: US drug giant Hospira recently announced that the biosimilar Inflectra (infliximab) has been registered as a ...

August 27, 2015 | Thursday | News
Sun Pharma to buy GSK's Opiates business in Australia

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Sun Pharmaceutical announced that their respective wholly owned subsidiaries have r...

March 3, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Novogen's drug shows positive result for brain cancer

Singapore: Australian biotechnology company, Novogen's lead candidate product, TRXE-009, has shown a positive result in ...

March 5, 2015 | Thursday | News
Amneal pharma to acquire Actavis Australia's generic business

Singapore: US-based Amneal pharmaceuticals announced the acquisition of Actavis pharmaceuticals' generic business in Aus...

April 2, 2015 | Thursday | News
ANI pharma, IDT Australia to commercialize US generic drugs

Singapore: ANI Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty pharmaceutical company recently announced collaboration with IDT Aust...

August 18, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Novartis to acquire Spinifex Pharmaceuticals

Singapore: Novartis has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, a US and Au...

June 30, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Charting Success year-on-year

Singapore:  CSL, AustraliaChairman: Professor John ShineRevenue: $6407.8 mnBusiness: Developer and manufacturer of vac...

June 23, 2015 | Tuesday | Analysis
Phosphagenics achieves biggest milestone yet

Singapore: Australian drug delivery technology company, Phosphagenics has achieved succes in its multi-dose oxymorphone ...

October 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Market cap in APAC touches $200 bn

About 500 bioscience companies comprising pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology companies listed on diffe...

June 15, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Aussie firm trials combination therapy for melanoma

Singapore: Australia based Viralytics has initiated a clinical trial to assess its oncolytic virus, Cavatak, in combinat...

September 29, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Aussie chemotherapy drug gets orphan designation

Singappore: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to chemotherapy drug candidate Can...

April 23, 2015 | Thursday | News
Scientists find microRNA linked to prostate cancer

Singapore: 'Non-coding' genes known as microRNAs play a big role in cancer through their mechanical regulation of other ...

August 8, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Prana completes phase II trial with PBT2

Singapore: Prana Biotechnology announced the successful completion of Reach2HD, a phase II clinical trial in patients wi...

July 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Research at Peter Mac proves Cylene drug's efficacy

Singapore: Cylene Pharmaceuticals' research collaborators at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac) in Melbourne,...

July 11, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Indian researcher named Woman of the Year in NSW

Singapore: Dr Minoti Apte, a 56-year-old pancreatic researcher from India, has been named as the New South Wales 'Woman ...

March 18, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Insulin sensitizer to treat diabetes

While pharmaceutical companies worldwide are looking for newer and safer insulin sensitizers to treat diabetes, Australi...

March 26, 2012 | Monday | News
BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013

Asia attracted a lot of interest from foreign multinational giants in the year 2013. This not only led to the increase i...

January 2, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Cellmid gets positive data in midkine study

Singapore: Cellmid has completed its first in-life diabetic nephropathy study with the company's anti-midkine antibodie...

January 23, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Paradigm gets US patent for bone marrow drug

Singapore: Australia based Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals has been granted a patent by United States Patent and Trademark O...

August 26, 2015 | Wednesday | News
China's Yabao pharma inks deal with Australian University

Singapore: China's leading pharmaceutical firm Yabao Pharmaceutical has inked a pact with the University of South Austra...

September 9, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Queensland health officials fear measles outbreak

Singapore: With rising measles cases in Queensland, Australian health authorities fear a severe outbreak, as 41 cases ha...

June 20, 2014 | Friday | News
Australian tropical research receives $15.4 mn boost

Singapore: In a bid to foster the burgeoning tropical medicine sector in the country, the Australian government has anno...

May 15, 2015 | Friday | News
Bionomics to initiate trial for antibody targeting cancer stem cell

Singapore: Bionomics, Australia based biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative t...

August 31, 2015 | Monday | News
Aussie cell generation technology gets US patent

Singapore: Australia based Avita Medical, a regenerative medicine company specializing in the treatment of wounds and sk...

May 13, 2015 | Wednesday | News
ResMed to sell sleep technology in UK

Singapore: Australian respiratory technology company Rhinomed has formed a sales agreement with global sleep technology ...

May 15, 2015 | Friday | News
Biocryst licenses flu drug to CSL in a $45 million deal

Singapore: Biocryst Pharmaceuticals has inked a $45 million deal with Australia's CSL licensing the rights to its influe...

June 19, 2015 | Friday | News
Australian instrumental in merging Asian science academies

Singapore: Science in Asia will be more visible and effective under a merger between the two groupings of Asian science ...

October 23, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Telstra health expands Asia presence

Singapore: Australia's largest telecommunication and technology company, Telstra health, announced several key contract ...

August 26, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Telstra acquires UK-based healthcare firm

Singapore: Australia-based Telstra healthcare has recently acquired a UK-based health analytics company, Dr Foster in a ...

March 27, 2015 | Friday | News
A re-think on site staff competency training required

When drugs are trialed in patients, they move into a clinical setting in which the busy routine care of patients, rath...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
Redefining Sleep Disorder Therapy

Singapore: RESMED, Australia Chairman: Dr Peter C FarrellRevenue: $1437 mnBusiness: Manufacturing devices for sleep dis...

July 6, 2015 | Monday | Analysis
EndoBarrier Therapy wins BioSpectrum product award

Diabetes has emerged as a major concern in Asia Pacific and companies are making a beeline to develop treatments for it....

March 15, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Patrys gets US patent for antibody PAT-LM1

Singapore: United States Patent Office has issued official "Letters Patent" on a key patent in the PAT-LM1 family; US pa...

November 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Cellmid to supply diagnostic antibodies to Fujikura

Singapore: Cellmid has signed an important option agreement with listed Japanese company Fujikura Kasei, a major suppli...

February 11, 2013 | Monday | News
Cure for drug addiction found

Singapore: A team of researchers from the University of Adelaide and a team from the University of Colorado Boulder have...

August 16, 2012 | Thursday | News
Strong clinical trial infrastructure puts Australia in a strong position

Australia's strong history of quality and experience in clinical research is well known, and whilst being a comparativ...

September 11, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Wollongong university and AB SCIEX to advance lipid research

Singapore: At the 19th annual International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC), AB SCIEX and the University of Wollong...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
Malaria vaccine may be a reality soon!

Singapore: A vaccine for malaria may soon be a reality as Melbourne researchers have made a significant discovery about ...

March 18, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Britian's AMCo acquires Australian pharma company

Singapore: Britain drugmaker AMCo recently announced the acquisition of pharmaceutical company, Boucher and Muir (BNM). ...

July 17, 2015 | Friday | News
MiReven micro RNA 'miR-7-5p' inhibits melanoma

Singapore: MiReven, an Australian micro RNA (miRNA) company that is involved in commercializing discoveries from the Wes...

February 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News

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