Five more H7N9 cases reported in China

Singapore: With the number of H7N9 cases increasing in China, the country has now reported five new cases and one death ...

March 3, 2014 | Monday | News
Genome of most voracious mustard pest is decoded

Singapore: An international research consortium, led by Fujian Agriculture, Forestry University (FAFU) and Beijing Ge...

January 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
What is the revenue size, range of CROs in APAC?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Sihuan, NeuroVive to develop heart and brain products

Singapore: Sihuan Pharmaceutical entered into a collaboration agreement with NeuroVive Pharmaceutical to develop two ...

November 21, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Generics market to touch $231 bn by 2017: Report

Singapore: The global generic pharmaceuticals market is likely to witness strong growth in the next few years owing to t...

June 4, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Alibaba to fund pharma information platform

Singapore: Chinese eCommerce giant, Alibaba Group has announced that it would help fund a pharmaceutical information pla...

January 24, 2014 | Friday | News
India, China to appeal against EU regulation on API

Bangalore: Following a change in rules for importing active substances into the European Union for medicinal products fo...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | News
Mindray and HealthTrust renew agreement

Singapore: The HealthTrust Purchasing Group is renewing its agreement for the entire range of physiological patient moni...

May 18, 2012 | Friday | News
Bayer to acquire China's OTC firm

Singapore: Bayer plans to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Dihon Pharmaceutical, a privately held pharmaceutical com...

February 28, 2014 | Friday | News
Sihuan gets SFDA nod for Nalmefene HCl

Singapore: Sihuan Pharmaceutical's new category 3.1 drug, Nalmefene Hydrochloride Injection (Nalmefene Hydrochloride)...

January 17, 2013 | Thursday | News
Consortium to sequence pediatric brain tumors

Singapore: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), US, and BGI-Shenzhen, China, announced a formal agreement ...

January 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Start-ups redefining the industry

Life sciences industry in the Asia Pacific recorded the double digit growth of 16.6 percent, reaching $128.26 billion in...

May 30, 2012 | Wednesday | News
MicuRx next gen antibiotic gets US patent

Singapore: MicuRx Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation antibiotics, ha...

May 24, 2012 | Thursday | News
Scientists in China develop TB-HIV vaccine

Singapore: Chinese scientists have developed a vaccine that acts simultaneously against HIV-1 and M. tuberculosis (Mtb)....

May 28, 2012 | Monday | News
ShangPharma announces receipt of 'going private'

Singapore: ShangPharma highlighted that its board of directors received a non-binding proposal letter dated July 6, 2012...

July 9, 2012 | Monday | News
China medtech firm gets ISO and CE for PET systems

Singapore: Neusoft Positron Medical Systems, which is a joint venture between Neusoft Medical Systems and Positron Corpo...

August 20, 2012 | Monday | News
Shanghai Fosun buys 50% stake in Guangzhou Nanyang Tumour Hospital

Singapore: Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical has purchased a 50 percent stake in Guangzhou Nanyang Tumour Hospital. Fosun P...

October 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
GC-Rise attracts investors at China conference

Singapore: GC-Rise Pharmaceutical attracted the attention of investors at the annual China Healthcare Investment Confere...

March 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Sinovac makes progress in EV71 clinical trial

Singapore: Sinovac Biotech, a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, is conducting double-blinded, ran...

June 27, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Triple -ve breast cancer study gives +ve results

Singapore: EntreMed, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing targeted therapeutics for the treatment of cance...

November 27, 2012 | Tuesday | News
M&A activity slows down in APAC

In 2011, the number of mergers and acquisitions in the life sciences field of Asia Pacific witnessed a fall. An indep...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
BGI gets CFIUS nod to acquire Complete Genomics

Singapore: BGI-Shenzhen (BGI) and Complete Genomics have obtained clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in ...

December 31, 2012 | Monday | News
Mystic gets Japan, China patent nod for containers

Singapore: Mystic Pharmaceuticals, US, received key notices of allowance from Asian patent offices in the company's o...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Stem cell industry has substantial growth potential

The Nobel prize for Physiology to two stem cell research scientists in 2012 has firmly put the spotlight on this promisi...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Deyu subsidiary joins China Food Industry Association

Singapore: The wholly-owned subsidiary of Deyu Agriculture, Detian Yu Biotechnology, Beijing, was elected a member of th...

July 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News