Bayer to buy Chinese firm Dihon Pharma

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Feb, 2014

Singapore: Germany's leading pharmaceutical company, Bayer has said that it is planning to acquire Chinese pharma firm Dihon Pharmaceutical Group as part of its global growth plan. The pha...Read more

RegeneRx Chinese heart patent gets nod

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

Singapore: RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals has received a Notice of Allowance of a Chinese patent application for uses of Thymosin beta 4 (TB4) for treating, preventing, inhibiting or reducing...Read more

Chinese agritech facility to employ world's largest corn husker

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Xinjiang Origin, a subsidiary of Origin Agritech, held an opening ceremony for its regional corn seed processing facility at Bole, Xinjiang, China. Origin Agritech is a technolo...Read more

China study: Raw garlic reduces lung cancer by 44%

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Scientists at Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China, revealed that consuming raw garlic twice-a-week lead to a decrease in lung cancer by 44 percent...Read more

Astrazeneca, China university in research deal

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Dec, 2012

Singapore: AstraZeneca has signed a research collaboration with Fudan University, one of China's leading academic institutions in the area of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). CVDs are a lead...Read more

Shandong Taibang gets SFDA approval

China |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Jun, 2012

Singapore: The indirectly owned subsidiary of China Biologic Products, Shandong Taibang Biological Products, has received a manufacturing approval certificate from the China State Food and ...Read more

China develops world's first vaccine for enterovirus

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

Singapore: The world's first vaccine against a strain of enterovirus has now been developed by Chinese researchers. The enterovirus that can cause hand, foot and mouth disease, especially i...Read more

American Society accredits Chinese military hospital

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Aug, 2012

Singapore: The chest pain center at the Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, China, has been granted accreditation by the American Society of Chest Pain Centers (ASCPC)...Read more

WuXi's Suzhou facility clears FDA inspection

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Jun, 2014

Singapore: China's research and development service firm, WuXi PharmaTech has cleared the surveillance Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) inspection by US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for...Read more

Golden Meditech's revenue increases by 6%

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

Singapore: Golden Meditech Holdings, a leading integrated healthcare enterprise in China, announced the group's interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2012.  During the in...Read more

Baxter's $4 bn bid for Gambro gets Chinese nod

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2013

Singapore: The US dialysis equipment maker Baxter International has received China's approval for its planned $4 billion purchase of Sweden's Gambro AB, according to a report published by R...Read more

Aushon launches protein biomarker platform

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 Jun, 2012

Singapore: Biotech company Aushon has launched Cira, a new multiplex immunoassay platform that achieves the sensitivity and reproducibility of singleplex ELISA, while substantially improvin...Read more

Encephalitis vaccine to be China's first WHO prequalification

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Oct, 2012

Singapore: The World Health Organization (WHO) is on the verge of approving a Chinese-made vaccine for Japanese encephalitis. The grant of prequalification status to the vaccine will open C...Read more

Life Spine enters the Chinese market

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

Singapore: Life Spine, a medical device company dedicated to improving the quality of life for spinal patients has made a strategic move by entering into a partnership with, China Pioneer ...Read more

Linaclotide phase III trial initiated in China

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Sep, 2013

Singapore: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals have announced the initiation of a phase III clinical trial of linaclotide in China for the treatment of adults with irri...Read more

China to expand list of price-controlled drugs

China |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Aug, 2012

Singapore: China is set to increase the number of products on its price-controlled "essential drugs" list. Report from Reuters and the official Shanghai Securities Journal reported that the...Read more

Stephen Young is HitGen's new VP of BD

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

Singapore: HitGen, a rapidly developing lead generation services company in the global biopharmaceutical industry, has appointed Dr Stephen Young as vice president of business development....Read more

Bangalore gets medical quality assesment lab

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

Singapore: CSA Group, global testing and certification service provider with operations in China, has launched a testing and certification laboratory in Bangalore, India. The new laborator...Read more