Hong Kong records second H7N9 case in a week

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Dec, 2013

Singapore: Hong Kong's Center of Health Protection authorities have quarantined 19 people who were in contact with the second H7N9 bird flu victim. The officials said that the 80-year-old m...Read more

EntreMed seeks SFDA nod for cancer trial

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Jan, 2013

Singapore: EntreMed, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, announced that EntreMed has submitted a new drug clinical trial applicatio...Read more

DKSH to provide logistics services to Nordic Bioscience

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Dec, 2013

Singapore: DKSH's Business Unit Healthcare, market expansion services provider for healthcare companies seeking to grow business in Asia, has signed an agreement with Nordic Bioscience to p...Read more

China holds largest pharma revenue share in APAC

China |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Jun, 2012

In 2011, China maintained its top position in the Asia Pacific's region for pharmaceutical industry, with the largest share of the market. According to the BioSpectrum Top 20 survey, the y...Read more

ScinoPharm ready with $113 mn unit in China

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2013

Singapore: Taiwan's leading maker of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) has announced that the construction of its new $113 million facility in China is now complete. The company cla...Read more

Australian CRO expands its operations in HongKong

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Jan, 2015

Singapore: Australia-based contract research organization, Novotech, recently announced that it has expanded its Hong Kong operation with a permanent office and new staff, inorder to meet t...Read more

China secures rank 1 in terms of total company revenues

China |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Jun, 2013

China emerged as the third country in terms of the total revenue generated by companies during the calendar year 2012 in the recent BioSpectrum Asia Top 20 Survey. Table legend:Country R...Read more

Biostar, military varsity to tie up for drug trial

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2012

Singapore: Biostar Pharmaceuticals, a PRC-based manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceutical and health supplement products in China for a variety of diseases and conditions, has signed a le...Read more

UK, China firms sign JV for stem cell therapies

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Cell Therapy Limited (CTL), which is based in Cardiff, UK, entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement with Chinese firm Zhongyuan Union Stem Cell Bio-engineering to develop stem...Read more

What services do APAC CROs offer to their clients?

China |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Sep, 2013

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conducted in association with CyberMedia Research (CMR), yet again identifie...Read more

Marken opens pharma depot next to Beijing airport

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Mar, 2013

‎Singapore: Clinical supply chain solutions provider, Marken has built a new pharmaceutical depot in Beijing, China. The new facility provides 850 square meters of good manufacturing ...Read more

China Cord Blood consolidates corporate structure

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Dec, 2012

Singapore: China Cord Blood's (CCBC) non-wholly owned subsidiary, Favorable Fort, entered into a definitive agreement with Cordlife Services, to acquire Cordlife's interest in the joint ve...Read more

Ziehm Medical opens office in Guangzhou

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2013

Singapore: Ziehm Medical Shanghai (ZMS), daughter company of the German manufacturer of mobile C-arms Ziehm Imaging, has opened a branch office in Guangzhou in China. This second office in...Read more

Chinese and Dutch firm to jointly develop antibodies

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Sep, 2012

Singapore: ShangPharma, a leading China-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology R&D outsourcing company, and Harbour Antibodies, a Dutch biotechnology company, entered into a collaborat...Read more

Why big pharma is busy acquiring injectables firms?

China |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Mar, 2013

Big pharma companies are gearing up to combat the shortage of injectables in the US through acquiring companies with approved manufacturing facilities. Last month, Mylan bought Strides Arco...Read more

China medtech giant enters Ukraine market

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Dehaier Medical Systems, an emerging leader in the development, assembly, marketing and sale of medical devices and homecare medical products in China, has won a three-year procu...Read more

Past R&D shortfalls in China fixed: GSK

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Jul, 2013

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline revealed that the shortcoming that it faced in China with respect to drug research in China in the past, have now been fixed. The statement came soon after the co...Read more

WuXi among top 10 outsourcing firms in China

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Jun, 2012

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech, a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D services company with operations in China and the US, has been selected as one of the Top Ten ...Read more