MNCs bet on China to tide over patent cliff

Even as most emerging economies in Asia Pacific are trying to grab a foothold in the global biopharma space, China has e...

May 16, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Whats up with the BGI-Complete acquisition deal?

In perhaps the largest move in the sequencing services industry to date, BGI Shenzhen entered into a definitive merger a...

March 14, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Why did mergers & acquisitions plunge in APAC?

The global bioscience industry, in 2012, reported 450 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions valued at $67 bill...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Thermo Fisher opens $20 mn manufacturing facility in China

Singapore: Thermo Fisher Scientific has opened its new facility in Suzhou, China, for the manufacturing of life sciences...

November 16, 2012 | Friday | News
Anaphore changes corporate name to RuiYi

Singapore: Anaphore changed its corporate name to RuiYi. As part of the company's shift in strategy to the R&D of n...

October 5, 2012 | Friday | News
Simcere receives going private proposal

Singapore: Simcere Pharmaceutical's board of directors received a non-binding proposal letter from Mr Jinsheng Ren, New ...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
China Botanic to get patent for traditional medicine

Singapore: China Botanic Pharmaceutical, a developer, manufacturer and distributor of botanical products, bio-pharmaceu...

August 29, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Dr Xiaochuan Wang: Nurturing Sundia

Sundia, a Shanghai-based integrated pharmaceutical contract research organization is the brainchild of a highly motivate...

March 19, 2012 | Monday | Influencers
China gets its first international trial sourcing firm

Singapore: Komtur Pharmaceuticals, a German specialist in clinical trial sourcing, has invested in Chinese firm HengHeKa...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | News
TaiGen gets TFDA nod for bacterial pneumonia drug

Singapore: Taiwan based TaiGen Biotechnology has recieved Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) approval for new dr...

March 18, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Beijing Drug Admin, Zimmer sign musculoskeletal MoU

Singapore: Zimmer Holdings, a global leader in musculoskeletal health, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), w...

November 16, 2012 | Friday | News
Cipla launches first rheumatic drug biosimilar in India

Mumbai: Cipla launched the first biosimilar of Etanercept in India under the brand name, Etacept, indicated for the trea...

April 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
Dr Jianping Dai joins Cellular Biomedicine board

Singapore: Cellular Biomedicine appointed Dr Jianping Dai to the board of directors. Dr Dai is a professor of radiology...

March 15, 2013 | Friday | News
Chinese govt grant for DelMar, Guangxi Wuzhou

Singapore: DelMar Pharmaceuticals announced that the Chinese Bureau of Foreign Experts has approved the application for ...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
China summit to promote biomedical industry

Singapore: BioMed Innovation Summit 2013 will launch on March 14-15, 2013, in Shanghai, China, in order to promote the ...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | News
James Thorburn to lead UK CRO TranScrip in Hong Kong

Singapore: TranScrip Partners, a UK-based specialist contract research organization (CRO) that started its operation in ...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Low R&D output, patent cliffs drives big pharma nuts

Singapore: According to the latest global report from industry experts, GBI Research, low R&D productivity, combined...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Cord Blood expands in China

Singapore: China Cord Blood (CCB), which is the first and largest cord blood banking operator in China, highlighted that...

February 8, 2013 | Friday | News