Unclear regulations dampen investment charm

Singapore: Asian companies continued to attract global pharma and biotech giants to invest in regional markets to establ...

April 1, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Chinese health official handed 19 yr sentence

Singapore: According to a Xinhua news agency, a former deputy health commission chief of China Dr Huang Fengping, has be...

February 18, 2015 | Wednesday | News
China's industrial zones and pharma progress

Over the last thirty years, China's growth has been fuelled in part by the rapid and dynamic development of its industri...

January 24, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
United Labs boosts production to meet high demand

The global life science industry has been facing a financial crunch and The United Laboratories too has felt the jolt....

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Favorable ruling for OrbusNeich in patent case

Singapore: OrbusNeich Medical, a coronary stent company headquartered in Hong Kong, received a favorable ruling from the...

February 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong strives to draw innovation from overseas

Singapore: Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTPC) is extending support and resources to technolog...

April 8, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Medtronic, Chengdu sign insulin pump manufacturing agreement

Singapore: Medtronic has formed a partnership with the Chengdu municipal government to manufacture and deploy advanced d...

January 14, 2016 | Thursday | News
New bird flu virus develops resistance to drugs

Singapore: Doctors and researchers at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, China, have made a worrying revelation...

June 3, 2013 | Monday | News
Insightec offers uterine fibroids cure in China

Singapore: Insightec announced its first centers in China offering ExAblate, which is a noninvasive treatment for uterin...

June 4, 2014 | Wednesday | News
China Cord Blood to advance stem cell service with US tie-up

Singapore: China Cord Blood Corporation (CCBC) and US-based Cord Blood Registry, stem cell companies, have collaborated ...

February 2, 2015 | Monday | News
Recent 6 'Big Pharma' frauds

Each year big pharma giants end up spending billions of dollars in paying for fraud, misrepresentation of data and other...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Cephasonics, Excelpoint sign ultrasound sales deal

Singapore: Cephasonics signed a strategic distribution agreement with Excelpoint Systems, which is effective immediat...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong to host international TCM exhibition, conference

Singapore: Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and Modernized Chinese Medicine International Association (MCMIA ...

August 12, 2013 | Monday | News
Marken opens new Shanghai office

‎Singapore: Marken, a global clinical supply chain solutions provider, has expanded its presence in Shangh...

April 4, 2015 | Saturday | News
Chinese planning agency to probe pharma prices

Singapore: China's primary economic planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is in the pro...

July 5, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
BioAsia 2014: Innovation, collaboration identified as success keys

Hyderabad: With emphasis on cutting-edge innovations this year, BioAsia 2014 under the theme 'Innovate. Evolve.' kick-st...

March 5, 2014 | Wednesday | Analysis
Soon, human head transplants could be a reality too!

Singapore: A Chinese doctor from Harbin Medical University made headlines by successfully performing a head transplant s...

June 10, 2015 | Wednesday | News
China medical giant launches CT scanner

Singapore: Neusoft Medical Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Neusoft Corporation has globally introduced NeuViz 64 m...

May 16, 2012 | Wednesday | News
WuXi Biologics to build world's largest biologics facility

Singapore: Wuxi Biologics, a wholly owned subsidiary of China-based WuXi PharmaTech, recently announced that it has begu...

May 5, 2015 | Tuesday | News
China eco-crimes unit gives updates on GSK sex scandal

Singapore: The economic crime investigation unit of China's Ministry of Public Security has now released a statement reg...

November 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
URMC launches new heart device trial in Asia

Singapore: Cardiologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center, US, are launching a new study in an effort to im...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Chinese drugmaker to build a new facility for insulin products

Singapore: Chinese drugmaker Tongua Dongbao Pharmaceutical recently announced plans to invest nearly $60 million to buil...

April 10, 2015 | Friday | News
APAC coronary stent sector to touch $1.5 bn in 2015

Singapore: Asia-Pacific, including Japan, China, India, New Zealand, South Korea and Australia, is the fastest growing r...

April 9, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Irvine Pharma to set up manufacturing facility in China

Singapore: US based Irvine Pharmaceutical Services, a contract manufacturing service provider, plans to open a new facil...

November 4, 2014 | Tuesday | News
GSK officials under criminal investigation in China

Singapore: The Chinese police who have been investigating allegations of bribery against senior executives working at UK...

July 11, 2013 | Thursday | News