Medical tourism market to reach $32.5 bn globally in 2019: Report

Singapore: The global medical tourism market was valued at $10.5 billion in 2012 and is estimated to reach a market wort...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Boston Scientific opens IAS, innovation center in Shanghai

Singapore: Reinforcing its ongoing commitment to leadership in the global medical technology market, Boston Scientific h...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | News
China now probes Bayer for unfair competition

Singapore: Chinese authorities led by a local branch of China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) vi...

September 16, 2013 | Monday | News
Biostar to establish call center for new B2C platform

Singapore: Biostar Pharmaceuticals, a PRC-based manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceutical and health supplement produ...

August 9, 2012 | Thursday | News
Biomaterials market will be worth $88.4 bn by 2017

Singapore: A new report by MarketsAndMarkets titled 'Biomaterials market and applications - Global forecasts to 2017', e...

March 26, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Medtronic to acquire China Kanghui for $816 mn in cash

Singapore: Medtronic and China Kanghui Holdings have entered into a merger agreement whereby Medtronic will acquire Kang...

September 28, 2012 | Friday | News
Simcere appoints Dr. Zang Jingwu as CSO

Singapore: China based Simcere Pharmaceutical has appointed Dr. Zang Jingwu as Chief Scientific Officer, effective Octob...

October 17, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
BioSpectrum Asia launches 5th CRO survey

Singapore: After four consecutive successful annual surveys on the developments in the clinical research industry, BioSp...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
OriGene to acquire SDIX life science assets

Singapore: OriGene Technologies, genome wide product company for research and diagnostic applications, acquired all the ...

April 15, 2013 | Monday | News
Commercial data imperatives for pharma in China

As Chinese pharma moves forward to become the second largest market in the world by 2015, commercial operations for the ...

October 25, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
Chinese experts call for stem cell regulation

Singapore: Life science experts in China have called for more effective regulation in the domain of stem cell treatments...

June 20, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Pharmacovigilance: A strategic opportunity

For many Asian pharmaceutical companies, pharmacovigilance is a critical component of any drug development program. As p...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Beijing CDC to order 1.8 million seasonal flu vaccine doses

Singapore: Sinovac Biotech, a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, has been selected by the Beijing...

September 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
BGI Tech develops novel assembly solution

Singapore: BGI Tech Solutions has introduced its novel assembly solution for facilitating heterozygous genomes research....

March 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
China pharma CEO commits suicide amid probe

Singapore: The chief executive officer of Sanjing Pharmaceutical, China, Mr Liu Zhanbin jumped to his death according to...

May 27, 2014 | Tuesday | News
China reports world's first human to human bird flu virus transmission

Singapore: In the first such case reported worldwide, a Chinese father is suspected to have transmitted the novel avian ...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | News
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical leads TCM market

Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings owns stakes in two companies, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharma...

June 25, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
WuXi inks cancer biomarker service deal with US firm

Singapore: US based Targos, clinical biomarker service provider has signed a collaboration deal with China's WuXi Pharma...

May 26, 2014 | Monday | News