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
Merck aims to expand its China business

Singapore: Leading pharma giant Merck has reinforced its commitments towards China, in a bid to strengthen its position ...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Slow and Steady Growth

Singapore:  YUNNAN BAIYAO GROUP, ChinaChairman: Mr Yin PinyaoRevenue: $2942.4mnBusiness: Traditional Chinese Medicines...

June 24, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
Fosun Pharma to invest in Israel's Check-Cap

Singapore: China's Fosun Pharma has plans to invest in clinical development of an endoscopy capsule with a colon imaging...

October 20, 2014 | Monday | News
Pharma sector may lose $65 bn by 2019: Analyst

Singapore: Pharmaceutical companies will suffer an estimated $65 billion drop in sales by 2019 worldwide due to the pate...

December 11, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
China Biologic to manufacture PCC at Shandong Taibang facility

Singapore: China Biologic Products, China-based biopharmaceutical company, has received China Food and Drug Administrati...

October 20, 2014 | Monday | Regulatory
Edwards gets SFDA nod for heart valve

Singapore: Edwards Lifesciences, the global leader in the science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, received ...

December 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
APAC type 2 diabetes market to touch $10.5 bn by 2020'

Singapore: Type 2 diabetes treatment market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) will rise in value from an estimated $6.5 billion in ...

January 7, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
Strategies Driving M&As

Singapore: However, companies must reinvigorate and expand their deal-making strategies in order to become market leade...

May 15, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
MSPEA, Sihuan to acquire JB hospital

Singapore: Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) recently announced its partnership with HongKong listed Sihuan Pha...

January 7, 2015 | Wednesday | News
3SBio gets 'going private' proposal from board

Singapore: 3SBio received a preliminary non-binding proposal letter dated September 12, 2012, from its chairman and CEO...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Mr Reilly to be deported back to UK from China

Singapore: Mr Mark Reilly, the former head of British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline, who has been at the center of the brib...

September 22, 2014 | Monday | News
Mc Donalds' and KFC may be using rotten meat

Singapore: A shocking revelation, by the quality control manager at Husi Food, China indicated that expired meat was reu...

July 31, 2014 | Thursday | News
Chinese medicine firm eyes Indian antibiotic market

‎Singapore: Tianyin Pharmaceutical (TPI), China-based pharmaceutical company that specializes in patented biopharm...

July 15, 2013 | Monday | News
China firm develops new therapeutic vaccine for rabies

Singapore: China's Yisheng Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines, has developed a new vaccine for t...

March 17, 2015 | Tuesday | News
WuXi, PRA collaborate to provide services in China

‎Singapore: WuXi PharmaTech, a leading contract research organization with operations in China US, and PRA have si...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Biotechnology, medicine is Taiwan's next star industry

Singapore: Taiwan is striving to elevate its biotechnology and medicine industry with a combined support from both the p...

September 4, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis