China's CStone raises $150 mn in Series A Funding

Singapore: Chinese biopharmaceutical company CStone recently announced that it has raised $150 million in Series A fundi...

July 7, 2016 | Thursday | News
Beike awaits CFDA nod for stem cell application

Singapore: China-based Beike Biotechnology has recieved Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) nod for filing the a...

July 14, 2014 | Monday | Regulatory
Black carbon in air - Major cause of high BP

Singapore: In a study published in the National Academy of Sciences, researchers explained that pollution from cooking s...

August 29, 2014 | Friday | News
China's PW Medtech acquires Beijing Tianxinfu

Singapore: China-based medtech firm, PW Medtech has acquired Beijing Tianxinfu Medical Appliance, a supplier of regenera...

August 7, 2014 | Thursday | News
Mindray goes on acquisition spree for strong portfolio

Mindray Medical International is emerging as a global name in the medical devices industry, marking 25 percent growth in...

June 22, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Shanghai hosts health industry summit

European countries are the dominant consumers of drugs however, it will slowdown in future giving way to developing coun...

May 23, 2016 | Monday | News
Swiss CMO sets up manufacturing unit in China

Singapore: Switzerland-based contract manufacturing organization (CMO), Siegfried Holdings, has started the construction...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Venter lab, Novartis to synthesize new bird flu genes

Singapore: The J Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) and Synthetic Genomics Vaccines (SGVI), US, are working with Novartis to ...

April 11, 2013 | Thursday | News
Sanofi sets up its first R&D hub in Asia

Singapore: French drug maker Sanofi recently announced the opening of its first research hub in Asia in Shanghai, China....

October 6, 2014 | Monday | News
H7N9 2013 – Flu returns with a vengence

The rise of the flu - Early 2013 Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Outbreak Report • 44 DEAD, 135 INFECTEDâââ€...

January 16, 2014 | Thursday | News
WuXi to establish presence in Boston, SF by 2015

Singapore: China-based research and development service provider, WuXi PharmaTech, plans to expand its operations in US ...

December 16, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Leica to distribute cervical cancer diagnostic technology in China

Singapore: Novacyt, cancer and infectious disease diagnostics company, and Leica Biosystems, a supplier to the pathology...

March 4, 2015 | Wednesday | News
ScinoPharm collaborates with Raffles PharmaTech

Singapore: Taiwan-based ScinoPharm has entered into a strategic collaboration with Raffles PharmaTech to manufacture "Ce...

June 23, 2015 | Tuesday | News
China to allow online sales of presciption drugs

Singapore: The Chinese Food and Drug Administration has planned to introduce a new policy that will allow the online sal...

January 20, 2015 | Tuesday | News
China Cord Blood gets US accredition

Singapore: Guangdong subsidiary of China Cord Blood Corporation, a provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing...

November 2, 2015 | Monday | News
FDA raises alert on chinese drug for joint pain

Singapore: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has raised alert on chinese medicine, Jianbu Huqian Wan, a product promote...

May 6, 2015 | Wednesday | Regulatory
HUYA, TIPR announce medical innovation JV

Singapore: In a bid to develop medical innovation for global markets, industry leaders, HUYA Bioscience International an...

September 15, 2014 | Monday | News
WuXi CRO gets toxicity prediction software license

Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech, a China-based contract research organization (CRO), has obtained a multiyear license to Adme...

November 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Waters UPLC I-Class System approved in China

Singapore: The Chinese food and drug administration has approved the usage of Waters' ACQUITY UPLC I- Class IVD/Xevo ...

April 17, 2015 | Friday | News
China to export macrolide antibiotic to India

Singapore: China-based Tianyin Pharmaceutical's API operation Jiangchuan Macrolide Facility has initiated the applicatio...

September 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Leukemia cluster among iPhone 6 workers

Singapore: Apple had recently announced that pre-orders for iPhone 6 smartphones reached 4 million within 24 hours. But,...

September 16, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Israel firm to develop epilepsy drug in China

Singapore: Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has approved Israel based D-Pharm to conduct clinical development...

April 15, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Bayer completes acquisition of Chinese pharmaceutical firm

Singapore: Bayer has completed the acquisition of Dihon Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd., Kunming, Yunnan, China. This is B...

November 5, 2014 | Wednesday | News
China frames a policy for hospital drug purchases

Singapore: The Chinese health ministry has recently issued an policy stating that hospitals must purchase drugs only fro...

March 2, 2015 | Monday | News
Demand for generics in Asia is drawing pharma majors

The clinical trials market in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region has been steadily growing with increased focus primarily on...

September 14, 2012 | Friday | Opinion