China journeys from imitation to innovation

With a population of over 1.3 billion, China is poised for continued growth in the life sciences sector. There are sever...

May 23, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Gilead's Viread patent revoked in China

Singapore: China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has yanked the patent for Gilead Sciences popular HIV and h...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | News
Lilly, Fidelity fund Innovent to develop cancer antibody

Singapore: Innovent Biologics, a company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies, is con...

November 22, 2012 | Thursday | News
Heartbeat grows 350% year-over-year

Singapore: Heartbeat Experts, the global leader in stakeholder management solutions for the life sciences industry has a...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | News
Gene expression for personalized medicine: Report

Singapore: Gene expression profiling can bring significant improvements to disease profiling and diagnoses based on gene...

June 10, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
H7N9 China bird flu update: 38 infected, 10 dead

Singapore: The National Health and Family Planning Commission of China has notified WHO of an additional 10 laboratory-...

April 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Jeffery Bacha: DelMar targets orphan cancer drugs

DelMar Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2010 to rapidly develop and commercialize proven cancer therapies in new indicatio...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
HUYA partners with Shanghai Zhangjiang Biotech

Singapore: HUYA Bioscience International has entered into a collaborative partnership with Shanghai Zhangjiang Biotech a...

March 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
BGI Shenzhen uses NGS to find mutation in IVF embryo

Singapore: China's BGI Shenzhen along with Reproductive and Genetic Hospital Citic-Xiangya has successfully applied Next...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BIO China kicks-off in Beijing

Singapore: Executives from biotech and pharmaceutical companies, along with investment firms from North America, Europe ...

November 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
APAC Epilepsy Therapeutics market to touch $1.5 bn by 2019

Singapore: The epilepsy therapeutics market value in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, Australia, China, India and Japan, ...

February 28, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
GLP leases 13,000 sqm to Shanghai Pharma

Singapore: Global Logistic Properties (GLP), one of the world's leading providers of modern logistics facilities, with a...

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BGI launches tool for tumor xenograft research

Singapore: Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), the world's largest genomics organization, has successfully developed a new...

July 20, 2012 | Friday | News
North China moves from generics to innovation

North China Pharmaceutical Group (NCPC) is a nationwide provider of bulk pharmaceuticals in China, including antibiotics...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Pharma head arrested for illegal drug distribution

Singapore: The head of the Chinese pharmaceutical company Hanwei Yaoye has been arrested for allegedly helping illegal b...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
China's Concord Medical partners with US cancer centre

Singapore: China based Concord Medical Services, a hospital management solution provider has signed a multi-year strateg...

May 8, 2015 | Friday | News
Taiwan FDA nods Ph II trial of Hep C drug

Singapore: China based Ascletis has received Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) approval to start phase II clini...

September 2, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Sinopharm demonstrates king size growth, yet again

Sinopharm, a dominant name in the distribution of pharmaceutical and healthcare products in China, continues to grab a...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | Analysis