Boston Scientific opens IAS, innovation center in Shanghai

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

Singapore: Reinforcing its ongoing commitment to leadership in the global medical technology market, Boston Scientific has officially opened the China branch of the Boston Scientific Instit...Read more

China now probes Bayer for unfair competition

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Sep, 2013

Singapore: Chinese authorities led by a local branch of China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) visited offices of German drugmaker Bayer to investigate a potential ca...Read more

Biostar to establish call center for new B2C platform

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Aug, 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, will establish...Read more

Biomaterials market will be worth $88.4 bn by 2017

China |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Mar, 2013

Singapore: A new report by MarketsAndMarkets titled 'Biomaterials market and applications - Global forecasts to 2017', estimates the global market for biomaterials to grow at a compound ann...Read more

Medtronic to acquire China Kanghui for $816 mn in cash

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Medtronic and China Kanghui Holdings have entered into a merger agreement whereby Medtronic will acquire Kanghui by paying close to $816 million in cash ($30.75 per American depo...Read more

Simcere appoints Dr. Zang Jingwu as CSO

China |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Oct, 2013

Singapore: China based Simcere Pharmaceutical has appointed Dr. Zang Jingwu as Chief Scientific Officer, effective October 8, 2013. Dr. Zang received his medical degree from Shanghai JiaoT...Read more

BioSpectrum Asia launches 5th CRO survey

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 Jul, 2013

Singapore: After four consecutive successful annual surveys on the developments in the clinical research industry, BioSpectrum Asia has now launched the fifth annual survey of the contract ...Read more

OriGene to acquire SDIX life science assets

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Apr, 2013

Singapore: OriGene Technologies, genome wide product company for research and diagnostic applications, acquired all the assets of life science business of SDIX, a leading provider of biotec...Read more

Commercial data imperatives for pharma in China

China |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Oct, 2013

As Chinese pharma moves forward to become the second largest market in the world by 2015, commercial operations for the geography take center stage in an attempt to capitalize on this oppor...Read more

Chinese experts call for stem cell regulation

China |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Jun, 2013

Singapore: Life science experts in China have called for more effective regulation in the domain of stem cell treatments and research, including cutting-edge technology that is used for tre...Read more

Pharmacovigilance: A strategic opportunity

China |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Sep, 2012

For many Asian pharmaceutical companies, pharmacovigilance is a critical component of any drug development program. As product safety continues to receive a high level of emphasis from regu...Read more

Beijing CDC to order 1.8 million seasonal flu vaccine doses

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Sinovac Biotech, a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, has been selected by the Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Beijing CDC) to supply s...Read more

BGI Tech develops novel assembly solution

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

Singapore: BGI Tech Solutions has introduced its novel assembly solution for facilitating heterozygous genomes research. This marks another technological breakthrough for BGI in heterozygou...Read more

China pharma CEO commits suicide amid probe

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 May, 2014

Singapore: The chief executive officer of Sanjing Pharmaceutical, China, Mr Liu Zhanbin jumped to his death according to a news report. State media said he was under investigation of suspec...Read more

China reports world's first human to human bird flu virus transmission

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

Singapore: In the first such case reported worldwide, a Chinese father is suspected to have transmitted the novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus to his daughter who had tended to him during...Read more

Guangzhou Pharmaceutical leads TCM market

China |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Jun, 2012

Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings owns stakes in two companies, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Company, and has over 30 other enterprises. It is one of the...Read more

WuXi inks cancer biomarker service deal with US firm

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 May, 2014

Singapore: US based Targos, clinical biomarker service provider has signed a collaboration deal with China's WuXi PharmaTech to support its bioanalytical work for pharmaceutical customers. ...Read more

Big Pharma continues acquisitions

China |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Jun, 2012

The first quarter of 2011 witnessed major deals in the global pharmaceutical space, with April proving to be a big month for M&A activity, with companies making transactions for more th...Read more