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 INFECTED• First re...

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 TQ...

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